A Satisfactory Tradeoff
With an estimated jackpot of over $1.6 billion, this week’s “Mega Millions” lottery prize is the largest in world history. But the winner won’t necessarily become happy, says a study of 3,362 lottery winners by the Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm University, and New York University. No, money doesn’t buy happiness, the authors insist. However, “Large prize winners experience sustained increases in overall life satisfaction that persist for over a decade and show no evidence of dissipating with time.” (RC/CNN, CNBC) ...Although the money does dissipate with time.Original Publication Date: 21 October 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
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