Title: Can Money Buy Happiness? Here's What Researchers Say
Headings: Can You Buy Happiness?
Can You Buy Happiness?
What’s the connection between money and happiness?
Money may increase happiness and health for people affected by poverty
Does how you spend money matter?
Is there a magic number?
Other ways to increase happiness
Takeaway

Content: Results from a survey of research
Trusted Source
on this topic suggest that spending money on experiences rather than tangible goods and giving to others with no thought of reward results in the greatest feelings of happiness. This could take the form of going to a concert instead of buying a new TV, or buying someone you love a thoughtful gift rather than indulging yourself in an impulse buy. And here’s another thing to think about: An extensive 2015 survey of literature about emotions and decision making found that your subjective judgement of the value of something has a lot to do with how you feel about the outcome. The authors called this the appraisal-tendency framework (ATF). For example, if you’re afraid of your house being broken into, buying a state-of-the-art home security system may reduce your level of fear, which can then improve your happiness or emotional well-being. In this case, your happiness is linked to your subjective experience of fear. Is there a magic number? Yes and no. Believe it or not, some research has been done on this.