If the numbers cause people to relax and become less adherent to recommended mask usage, those numbers are likely to trend back up.

Then, the numbers started trending down again, and she felt a little better.

It would erode the very system that ensures it singular freedom, leisure, and historic affluence.

This, beyond all, is the beer that says luxury and affluence.

In your own words, please briefly summarize the article.

What part of the reading resonated with you most?

According to Gallup's World Happiness Report, what is the correlation between per capita GDP and life satisfaction?

Do you agree with the saying that money can’t buy happiness?

In your opinion, what factors contribute to overall happiness apart from financial wealth?

If you were given 10 billion won right now, what would you like to do with it? Will it make you happier?

If you have a question or questions that you'd like to discuss during your class, please write them down.

Does money make people happy?

Money & Happiness

돈이 사람들을 행복하게 만들까요?

여러분은 돈과 행복의 상관관계에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요?

Does money make people happy? Gallup's World Happiness Report confirms a correlation to some extent. On average, as per capita GDP doubles, life satisfaction increases by 0.7%. In a capitalist society, this is not too strange; the more money one has, the happier they can be. But is that universally and absolutely true? Some people say no. According to the Easterlin Paradox by Richard Easterlin, a professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1974, as long as basic needs are met, happiness does not trend [1] upward as income continues to grow. In other words, material affluence [2] alone doesn't make people happy. "Money cannot buy happiness" is a piece of knowledge common to everyone. What do you think about the relationship between money and happiness?

돈을 많이 벌면 우리는 행복할 수 있을까요? 갤럽의 세계행복보고서에 따르면, 어느 정도의 상관관계가 있는 것도 같습니다. 평균적으로 1 인당 GDP 가 두 배 증가함에 따라 삶의 만족도가 0.7% 증가하는 현상을 보입니다. 자본주의 사회에서 돈이 많을수록 행복해질 수 있다는 이론은 그다지 이상할 것이 없습니다. 하지만 정말 그럴까요? 이에 반대하는 입장도 있습니다. 1974 년 이스털린 교수가 내놓은 ‘이스털린 역설(Easterlin paradox)’에 따르면, 인간은 기본적인 욕구가 충족된다면 돈이 추가적인 행복을 주지는 않는다고 합니다. 즉 물질적 풍요만으로는 행복할 수 없다는 것입니다. 돈으로 행복을 살 수 없다는 말(The belief that money cannot buy happiness)은 이미 우리에게 너무나 유명한 말이기도 합니다. 여러분은 돈과 행복의 상관관계에 대해 어떻게 생각하시나요?