Money Really Can Buy Happiness

We say “money can’t buy happiness.” But, it would have been nice to hit that Powerball the other night! A new study at the university of Pennsylvania found that despite what we say, money can buy happiness and there might not be a limit. A similar study in 2010 said the same thing, but that it plateaus at $75,000 a year. Meaning anymore than that doesn’t affect how happy you are day-to-day. In the newer study, researchers had 33,000 people use an app called “track your happiness” and they didn’t see any kind of plateau. In other words, someone who goes from $100,000 to $200,000 a year gets the same type of boost as someone who goes from 25 to 50 grand.