How to spend it

• Autores: James Wallman
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3135, 2017, págs. 24-25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Wallman talks about the move from materialism to experientialism. One core reason is that if people spend their cash on experiences they're more likely to be happy. This advantage was shown in 2003 by psychologists Leaf Van Boven and Thomas Gilovich. At least seven studies since have backed that up, via both small-scale experiments and nationally representative surveys. But a few new studies are questioning this. The latest is work in Hungary that, prima facie, challenges that conclusion. It analysed 10,000 responses from a household survey and found that differences in spending on experiences or material goods had no impact on life satisfaction