Hi You could not be further from the truth, Michael, unless you are referring to the $75,000 threshold mentioned in the article. Here is one summary of the wealth-satisfaction relationship across and within nations. The slope of the line through each country symbol indicates the relationship within countries.
http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/mccombs-today/files/2009/09/happiness-chart.png There is an overall between-nation trend for higher GDP to be associated with higher life satisfaction. And for most nations, there is an association within the country between income and satisfaction. Both the between country (ecological) and within-country correlations are of course non-experimental, but the association is certainly robust and quite general, albeit not universal. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> 06-Sep-10 8:30:56 PM >>> Yeah! Applies only to whites in thr U.S Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Flotida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=4650 or send a blank email to leave-4650-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4651 or send a blank email to leave-4651-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
