Definition Essay: Can Money Buy Happiness?

Living in the modern words means that you have to have money. But does the amount of money you have make you happier? Why can some people that have so little when it comes to money seem the happiest? The old saying is money can’t buy you happiness but how true is that really? How much money is the perfect amount of money and when do you have to much money? Some people seem to think all they need in life is there family to make them happy. With no money you and your family will be struggling to feed yourself none the less keep sheltered in today’s consumer culture. Money may not make these people happy, but it does buy them basic necessities that all people need and should have. Although I think family can play a part in happiness it cannot replace the things that people need to survive. …show more content…
At $75,000 a year people’s happiness stopped going up, but under $75,000 people started to lose some happiness. But is there is a real way to measure happiness? Happiness is an emotion that people feel for different reasons. In 2009 Economist Angus Deaton and psychologist Daniel Kahneman polled 450,000 Americans in regard to their income and the happiness they felt. The study had a surprising result, 85% of people reported feeling happy despite their finance situation (Luscombe, 2010). But The stress they feel by unfavorable situations. When faced with situations like divorce or even asthma about 40% or people that made $1,000 a month felt less happy and more stress than the day before but only about 20% experienced higher stress and sadness levels when they made at least $3,000 a