Gregg Easterbrook's 'Money: The Real Truth About Money'

In the article of “Money: The Real Truth about Money” (2005), Gregg Easterbrook expands the idea about how money cannot buy happiness. He explains how money is not a major source of happiness as it was ranked the 14th when surveys were made. Moreover, he explains the effect of money on people chasing after it. Easterbrook explains about his experience in mid 50s about how wealth and non-wealth did not have much importance. Gregg Easterbrook is an American writer. He is the editor of “The New Republic” and “The Atlantic Monthly He is therefore qualified and credible enough. The purpose of this article is to show how money and happiness are strongly related by providing more of statistics and examples. Easterbrook explores his topic in detail by providing a substantial, clear, and a firm essay which makes this article effective but not convincing. Easterbrook successfully conveys about the article, but he fails to convince the audience. Few matters should have been taken into consideration in order for his article to convince them.
According to the article “Money: The Real Truth about Money” (2005), the author Gregg Easterbrook discusses how money have been increasing widely in people’s pockets like never before, however it does not make them any happier. According to others, extra money may lead people to depression. He mentions several statistics that show how money affects people’s happiness and how they feel, he explains about each one in details and provides examples. He also presents the …show more content…
Gregg discusses all his ideas and delivers his points across to his audience easily. Easterbrook establishes a true article by presenting it in a skilled manner, which is often true of any other article, documentary or journal, it is not empty of errors. The article provides substantial, coherent, and a firm article but his use of fallacies should be