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>> Many researchers concluded that relationship between money and happiness is an inverse U shaped curve.
>> Happiness rises initially with money but then after a level it actually falls with more
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Beyond a certain level the reason people want more money changes. A top level footballer on two hundred grand a week will earn enough for several lifetimes during his career, but he'll still demand a transfer if he discovers one of his team mates is earning 300k. It's purchasing value has long been replaced by it's value as a status symbol, the reason many multi millionaires still work eighteen hour days.
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