Playboys, Wealthy Men and Happiness
Most men think that MONEY will bring them happiness. I have been
rich and I have been poor and money in itself will not make you
happy. Of course, to be a successful playboy you need enough
cash to keep the girls coming through the playboy mansion doors.
The latest buzz in the field of economics points to a myriad of
studies examining the link between happiness and wealth. These
studies all seek to answer the question: Are richer people
happier? Prevailing research suggests no.
Not according to Richard Layard, director of the Centre on
Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and
author of Happiness: Lessons from a New Science. Layard cites
research that implies that although the United States has
experienced extensive economic growth since 1950, people today
are no happier overall than they were in the 1950s. And this
same theory holds true in other wealthy, developed nations, such
as Japan and Britain.
In our case we are talking about men. So why aren