Money can buy happiness: Michael Norton at TEDxCambridge 2011

Yea sure but im not happy and broke and anti social so what? Money is happiness. Happiness is just another word for being rich

There's a difference between pleasure and happiness (indeed i am not rich but what about the guys who are rich aren't happy ?...if you care about society that's why you want to be rich...i am not saying that don't earn money and just enjoy life..i am saying that you want that much money as it gives you a good life(if you understood my comment then you will know about which good life)

Happiness or loneliness are states
of the mind. I chose being a happy
person with lots of money. 💰💰😎💰💰

I just find it funny that people say money can't buy happiness, that if you are rich, you still can be unhappy. But then when a rich person says that she/he's not happy or she/he is dealing with depression, everyone will be like "bohoo you're a privileged *insert race* person, you don't have the right to be depress or to struggle and I don't have sympathy for you." Something along that line. Yeah people understand that money can't buy happiness, so they know rich people do have problems too, but then invalidate their problems the second they vocalize their struggle.

Yes money do buy happiness, I would cry in Lambo rather then public bus 🚶‍♂️

I see what they're saying but there's critical things being missed there, people who are poor have much more serious things to worry about that people who are rich take for granted, lack of proper Healthcare, worrying about where we're going to get our next meal, and worrying about whether we're going to have a roof over our heads, people who are rich do not have to worry about those things and normally live in a bubble when it comes to dealing with the lower classes struggle, this is why the argument money doesn't make you happy is mostly a rich person's argument, because rich people use it to keep the lower class in submission.

Rich people say money don't buy happiness cuz they don't wanna share they want you to stay broke and be happy being broke by telling you don't try u won't be happier.

You need money to live - more money to live easier - quit simple .
Look at Adrien-Marie Legendre . He lost his motivation, got poor, fell into disrepair and died

Money can buy house not home. Money can buy watch not time money can buy bed not sleep. Money can buy food not health
Money can buy incurance not saftey

This is a completely false statement,I'm going to use cheslie kryst as an example,she had everything a human could possibly wish for,money, she was considered super pretty, a family,rich,famous etc,but she commit suicide she had all this money she spent it on cute clothes ,always donated,gave to rhe poor,and spend as YOU would consider "the right way",but there was one thing she couldn't spend her money on,and it was happienes,happiness, was battling with depression and she always spend her money on everything a person could wish for ,but money couldn't cover that big hole that was in heart

Money can buy happiness, there's a legendary button that says "buy minecraft"
It's that simple

for me
money DOES buy happiness, but can’t guarantee it.

having money, being financially stable gives you comfort and peace. which is so important. and with money you can do pretty much everything (that makes you happy). however being wealthy doesn’t stop bad things from happening to you and it surely doesn’t mean that you have no problems. no one is immune to the harsh and cold side of life. life will slap you, whether you are rich or poor. but having financial opportunities plays a big role, because imagine struggling with mental health, like having depression for example. yeah, for sure living in a mansion and owning 5 cars won’t cure it, but it’s much preferable than being broke, having to pay rent, working for hours only to get paid the minimum wage and living a miserable lifestyle, being unable to do better.

well it buy hapiness but not love

Before money you will stress over the fact that you have no money, after money you will buy shallow narcissist gold diggers who will makes you stressed and depressed alot more haha. No, money don't buy happiness at all.

This cant be true. This claims contradicts the predictions of the neo-classical theory in Economics.
Humans a by essence egocentric. The structure of society emerge from the symmetric interaction of egocentric intends due to supply and demand and price mechanism. Hayek even questioning the meaning of the term >>Social<< and he is the philosophical godfather of modern Economy. Its metaphysical visionary. He envision the structure of Reality in his armchair. There is no need of any empirical investigation. He was first touched and enlightened from the invisibility hand and inspire a whole generation of scientist or priests.

This man is an heretic he should go into Prison

MONEY can buy happiness. Problem is that some people don't know where to shop....

It's a good thing he shared this for giving is better than receiving. I was unhappy but really people should be content with what people have and not always want more. I'm only saving up for a car but I'm unhappy when I always have a family member asking me to spend money on things in the home when really it's not urgent that it can wait for I bring up an excuse that my point is that every family member has a car and I have to go by some form of public transport without a car which sometimes I don't mind. But at times like these, unhappy people need to make other people happy for if there may be a family tragedy and if there is selfishness then the unhappy selfish person saving up for a car may forever live with regret. I think knowing my car got written off and I only needed to buy a good second hand car of the same kind for they don't make them the same way they use to and knowing it takes time saving up a lot of money for a car, then, avoiding selfishness can be a time of testing. So, money can buy you happiness and wont buy you happiness. I just wish I never laid my eyes on that car in the first place, life would be much happier. You're most probably wondering what car, most certainly not a Bugatti, that's for sure. You know, hes actually right! If I knew I was not spending too much, I'd be happy! Now, there goes my pay rise. Ah! it's nice to be single that if I had a choice I'd probably marry a dog instead for I don't have a wife to say it, I escaped that one just in time. If you have a wife then maybe don't say it but maybe keep it to yourself. Yep! I think so- couple of days, beautiful.

I feel like a lot of you mix happinesss with financial stress and not think about other mental issues that tie into it

money make anyone happier and buy luxurious houses and live in gated community away from annoying kids and Karen's

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happy meal: am i a joke to you

There's no right or wrong answers, it's not tangible measure. Money and happiness is really a question of mindset and changes person to person. It's very particular.
I believe what the majority thought isn't the whole.

Wonderful speech, I enjoyed it !)

This speech just touched my heart.

I am an alturist. I am always focused on making more money, but people often mistake my intention. I don't seek luxury (although like everyone else I too am attracted to luxurious lifesyle), I live in extreme frugality and I am comfortable with it. I earn money to give away to the less fortune of us, and that brother is true happiness. My first glimpse at this was when I donated my last 100 rupees to a beggar instead of eating a burger. Sure, I still missed the burger but man, the smile of that beggar more than made up for that.

From then on, I have made it my life goal to earn as much money as I possibly can, then give them away.

awesome!!

Money is the Real GOD of This World!!! 💸

You can't do Anything in this world without Money! 💸 You Can't have a home 🏡 you can't afford to Eat 🥪 or Drink🥤or Go on Holidays! 🏖️ Being Broke Homeless and being Poor Sucks! Life is all about Money 💸 if anybody Says that Money Doesn't Buy Happiness they are Wrong! They are Lying 🤥 to you and Themselves!!!

Do you think you'll truly be happy with no where to live nothing to eat no car no clothing? Well all that cost money you need it to be happy To be able to take your children places and give them a nice life. Being broke sucks. You find things to make yourself happy in life. But to live cost.

C kurundan sa❤❤

How to buy happiness with money:
Step 1: buy a cat
Step 2: buy cat food
Step 3: feed cat
Step 4: profit

I concur with the second guy...😎😎😎

If I spent money on others for me it's a lost..

Money buy happiness if it is spend on others.

Be rich, not poor.

I have money!
Why do I feel lonely?
Can money cure my loneliness? No.

Yes! Money can do anything

Money can buy happiness, you can't be happy without a home, without food, without clothes and will all your financial problems.
I smell copium whenever people says that money can't buy happiness .

You need money to eat, for everything...

Money got me a waterfront gulf access home at a rich neighborhood. So yes money will buy happiness😄😄

I would always love to give money to other people, the hardest part is reaching financial security to do so first.

The truth that money is the next most important thing to happiness is perhaps the best example of a truth tha hurts. It hurts so much that even very honest people require immense courage to bring themselves to admit it.

I don't understand. I'd be miserable if I spent my own money behind someone else. Just being honest.

Who cares about buying or not buying happiness, when mankind is crazy and obsessed over money and is over-extently trying and twisting everything to different because of it and in a pursuit after it in ways that are not allowed? Money is something that you can't avoid thinking every day when you think what's wrong in today and in this time and what is the biggest cause of problems everywhere today. It's always all about money and about how wrong it is today. People are so crazy about it that you couldn't believe yourself after time has passed from this day. It's always all about money and nothing else and nothing is enough to express this properly and what is experienced with it. This mind-blowing obsession has no comparison. It's like nothing else exists in the universe with mankind today. This is how crazy it is and how it has gone. Nothing is enough with it.

Give me 10 million and I'll show you money can buy happy happiness

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you comfort. In other words, you can be comfortable without being happy, but you CAN'T be happy without being comfortable.

Human being always wants more, need becomes greed, that goes for almost everyone.

in my whole life i never felt better for giving money away. if people want money they have to work for it just like the guy that gives money, how'd he get the money?

What a load of BS

Here’s the thing. Money pays for therapy. Money pays for your bills, etc