What some people are told or think to be true is that money does not bring happiness; this is not fully the case however, because as countries get richer, they get happier. “The relationship between income and happiness is extremely strong” (Poppick, Susie) this sort of happiness is mainly due to the fact that, a country has more wealth than another it will have more things to give to its occupants more chance to get jobs, do things for entertainment and even have more food for them to survive. Just because you gain money does not mean you will be happier every time you get it, …show more content…
Well in gaining the money as said earlier is just going to level and no more happiness increase but that does not mean it can’t study’s done by the University of British Columbia shows that humans are happier giving than receiving. The experiment gave people money, in varying amounts and then where told on the method to spending this money either on themselves or others. The result was that most of the people that were told to spend it on others were more pleased with the experiences and the ones that were told to spend it on themselves did not have an effect on them, with the amount of money given not changing the results. What does this mean well humans are self-centered animals thinking of themselves in safety, than others but we are also social creatures needing others to survive effectively, using money to increase the amount of social/culture interactions will make a person happier. The more you give to someone the happier you would be money can be a way to be more connected to others on a cultural level, where you will do more, enjoy more, in life. I said earlier that happiness is a good indicator of economic standings and that is still true, as I said up to a point, but the way that money is being spent is also a major part in humans happiness and culture. …show more content…
In America we are privileged to have an excess of items to survive with, good medical care, many vitamin filled foods, and many other things but this is not the case in other countries resulting in varies of what people spend their money on. This difference in spending changes the culture of each area in a well to do country we do not have to worry about food as much or places to receive help, this is more of a problem in not to well off countries where is they get sick it might end up to their death and finding food is difficult. The spending of money is drastically different here you might spend five dollar on something you need or want without thinking twice, but in a poor country they would have to be a lot more cautious about how they spend it because they might not be able to get more for quite some time. The difference in wealth does not just have a change in being careful in how you spend it but what is sold and how much is bought of it, such as in America we spend a lot of money on fast food and entertainment, but this might not be true for a different country they could spend more on clothes, homes, or items you would not see in America, changing our adding to our cultures making them unique for each area. Money along the human race by taking out the biggest problem of