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← Spending money does not generate happiness.
14 connected korrents · 13 moments on record from 4 Jun 2020 to 18 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Spending money does not generate happiness.
Spending money does not generate happiness.
Last stated 8 months ago
2 Feb 2026
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JL Collins — holds since 2026-02-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Money decisions are fundamentally about emotion rather than numbers. — tap to centre the map on it
Money decisions are fundamentally about emotion rather than numbers.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Jul 2026
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Jason Zweig — holds since 2026-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Once invested wealth grows faster than one's spending, all further spending becomes effectively costless. — tap to centre the map on it
Once invested wealth grows faster than one's spending, all further spending becomes effectively costless.
Last stated 8 months ago
2 Feb 2026
JC
JL Collins — holds since 2026-02-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The point of money is what it can earn, not what it can buy. — tap to centre the map on it
The point of money is what it can earn, not what it can buy.
Last stated 7 months ago
3 Mar 2026
JC
JL Collins — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hoarding money you will never spend is a worse mistake than overspending when young. — tap to centre the map on it
Hoarding money you will never spend is a worse mistake than overspending when young.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Aug 2026
NM
Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Government payments and benefits aimed at raising birth rates do not reverse the decline. — tap to centre the map on it
Government payments and benefits aimed at raising birth rates do not reverse the decline.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Nov 2024
AE
Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it
A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death.
Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
AP
Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Last stated a month ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it
A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
24 Aug 2026
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Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
1 Sept 2026
RB
Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it
A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good.
Last stated 3 days ago
18 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A conspiracy theory can be used as a pretext to dismantle government programs and target researchers and citizens. — tap to centre the map on it
A conspiracy theory can be used as a pretext to dismantle government programs and target researchers and citizens.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
4 Sept 2026
AA
Anne Applebaum — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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