Does money bring us happiness? Sharon Bogley is an author whom writes about science for publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. Accordingly to her the correlation between wealth and happiness is very complex. It all depends on the situation that they are in. Bogley believes that once basic needs are met then other stuff such as social relationships and satisfaction at work become more important in life. Bogley provides many examples of different situations in her passage, “Money and Happiness” for instance; economists believe that more money you have, the happier you must be. The question then arises is the economist bias? Since his or her job is revolved around the effect and worth of money, it may influence his views between the relationship of money and happiness. This example is very situational because he or she is obviously going to favor money equals happiness for the reason that without the presence of money his or her job is meaningless. …show more content…
In this situation, money can bring this person happiness, since it’s providing him or her with security. Putting a roof over their head, being able to buy food and maintaining income will definitely make that person happier. According to Bogley, after these basic needs are meant, the most important thing additional wealth can buy is choice. Choice as in more options, for example when you go to the grocery store. Before wealth, the best option of cereal would be the generic brand in order to save money, however after acquiring wealth you have more leeway to choice the whichever cereal you desire. It goes for buying houses, cars and clothes as