Above a certain level of stable income, emotional well-being seems to be limited by temperament and life circumstances rather than money

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• High income buys satisfaction with life but not happiness, while low income goes with both a worse life evaluation and worse emotions DKDaniel Kahneman7 Sept 2010
• There may be an income past which the miseries left, perhaps heartbreak, bereavement or depression, are ones more money does not ease DKDaniel Kahneman1 Mar 2023
• Low income makes the emotional pain of misfortunes such as divorce, ill health and being alone worse DKDaniel Kahneman7 Sept 2010
• Buying beyond what you can comfortably afford leaves people financially weaker and stuck living paycheck to paycheck. JCJL Collins30 Jul 2026
• Changing your circumstances, by losing weight or earning more, does less for happiness than people assume. LSLaurie Santos8 Jan 2021

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