CRITIQUE 1: “Does Money Buy Happiness?” (331) The essay “Does Money Buy Happiness?” by Don Peck and Ross Douthat which was originally published as the January/February 2003 issue of the Atlantic discusses how wealthier countries tend to be happier than non wealthy countries, but there are exceptions. In paragraph 2, Peck and Douthat wrote the claim as “[M]oney does buy happiness-but only to a point” and justifies by using Robert E. Lane’s argument and charts to support their claim (use of logos). In paragraph 3-4, the authors made an assumption of saying “[T]he fact that richer countries are in general happier than poorer ones may not seem terribly surprising, it does suggest that continuing economic development will generate rising happiness
