Why Do Rich People Seem To Always Need More And More Money?

We’ve known for a while that once a person gets above a certain level of financial stability, having more money doesn’t make her any happier. So why do the wealthy often seem so eager to have more, more, more? The ideas one group of researchers has are nothing less than fascinating.

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Carolyn Silveira

Mar 6, 2014

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