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quality of life Archive
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Actually, maybe economists did prove money can buy happiness…
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 12 CommentsA little while ago, I wrote a post about an article in Science about the relationship between “objective” measurements of “quality of life” and subjective measurements of “life-satisfaction”. The article... -
![Last week, Science published the results of a study [pdf] that positively answers once and for all the question that every philosopher (and non-philosopher) since Plato has asked themselves: Money...](http://www.goodbadandbogus.com/wp-content/uploads/Money_Happiness-195x105.jpg "Economists (don’t) prove that money can buy you happiness… And news outlets prove they’re crap.")
Economists (don’t) prove that money can buy you happiness… And news outlets prove they’re crap.
Posted on December 30, 2009 | 30 CommentsLast week, Science published the results of a study [pdf] that positively answers once and for all the question that every philosopher (and non-philosopher) since Plato has asked themselves: Money... -
Happiness study: Science journalism FAIL
Posted on December 18, 2009 | 7 CommentsI don’t like being so negative all the time. I promise my next post will be nicer. BUT… You might have seen a lot of stories floating around about a...