Money makes you meaner?

[BlazerCaravan]

http://io9.com/scientific-proof-that-having-money-makes-people-more-ev-994493264

But the kicker comes when the experimenters test out a "rigged" Monopoly game in which one person starts out with way more money — that person invariably wins the game, of course, but the surprise is that they insist they won fair and square

I thought that last part would resonate with the OT forum crew.

 

[crandc]

Yes, interesting. And figure that a highly disproportionate number of the US Senate and Congress are millionaires and it shows why they are arguing over how many, not whether, to take away food stamps from needy families!

Another interesting study I say, sorry, don't have link handy, was whether money makes people happier. It said up to a point this was true. When people feel they have enough for basic needs, a few luxuries, something put by for emergencies, they are definitely happier than those who scramble to pay the rent and worry one illness or job loss would wipe them out. But after that point (I guess what you'd call "upper middle class") more money does not make people happier. So all these billionaires demanding another tax cut (while cutting food stamps) are not only illustrating their meanness, it doesn't even make them happier.

 

[¹²³]

Meritocracy is a mirage, capitalism is the desert.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Yes, interesting. And figure that a highly disproportionate number of the US Senate and Congress are millionaires and it shows why they are arguing over how many, not whether, to take away food stamps from needy families!

Another interesting study I say, sorry, don't have link handy, was whether money makes people happier. It said up to a point this was true. When people feel they have enough for basic needs, a few luxuries, something put by for emergencies, they are definitely happier than those who scramble to pay the rent and worry one illness or job loss would wipe them out. But after that point (I guess what you'd call "upper middle class") more money does not make people happier. So all these billionaires demanding another tax cut (while cutting food stamps) are not only illustrating their meanness, it doesn't even make them happier.

I remember that study; something like "$70,000 -90,000 a year makes you happiest, but beyond that, there's no significant additional happiness." Stress and expectations scale up faster than the ability to alleviate stress or meet expectations.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Well god help me (and the rest of the world) if I ever come into a large amount of money.

 

[maxiep]

Hey you damn kids, get off my lawn!