The happiness-to-consumption ratio:an alternative approach in the quest for happiness

The huge amounts of money spent every year in purchasing material goods do not seem very effective in increasing consumers’ happiness. Indeed, higher income and correspondingly expensive consumption do not make people much happier, which implies that current consumerism is extremely inefficient in t...

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Main Author: Silvio Borrero Caldas
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad ICESI 2010-07-01
Series:Estudios Gerenciales
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0123592310701212