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This 8 page paper discusses the correlation between money and happiness. Researchers have studied this question for decades and have failed to reach a unified definitive conclusion. There are certainly tendencies in one direction or the other, though. Conclusions are included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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it would seem that it would be difficult to be happy. Researchers have studied this question for decades and have failed to reach a unified definitive conclusion. There are certainly
tendencies in one direction or the other, though. Research It is important to determine what happiness is. Most research has been conducted on negative emotional states, like sadness
or depression rather than the positive emotion of happiness (Chemali, Chahine & Naassan, 2008). It is only in recent years that neurosciences are opening a path to understanding happiness. We
now know that certain neurotransmitters, like dopamine, result in feelings that we identify as being happy (Chemali, Chahine & Naassan, 2008). Happiness is part of the American Dream. Once, if
you worked hard, did good, you would succeed, obtain wealth, and be happy. Polls suggest that fewer Americans believe that they themselves can achieve this lofty goal. Americans do not
believe that this recipe is a recipe for success although they still remain optimistic. Americans say that spiritual fulfillment is their primary goal and they believe this is more achievable
than material success (Hanson & Zogby, 2010). For more than half the population, spiritual fulfillment was more important than material success although that percentage is decreasing slightly. By the mid-1990s
polls showed that Americans believed that the American Dream was more alive for immigrants than for Americans (Hanson & Zogby, 2010). Still, Americans tend to be optimistic and still believe
it is important to work hard if one is to be successful. Over the last several years, researchers have investigated what they are calling the wealth happiness paradox. The wealth
of Americans has increased over the last few decades but their happiness has not increased. Therefore, Fischer (2008) asks a good question-is the paradox real. One criticism of the research
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