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If you were given US$10,000, what would you spend on to feel the happiest?

If you were given US$10,000, what would you spend on to feel the happiest?

- Considering that as if you were in a poor country, and separately, in a rich country

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Jane Xu, PhD, MPH, MS
Apr 01, 2025
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A recent study compared the impacts of different categories of spending on happiness among people in different countries who received a $10,000 participation fee to spend in 3 months.

What would you spend on for happiness if you were a participant?

And across the world, what spending made people the happiest? And why? This study shed some light on gaining happiness through spending choices. Some of the results might be surprising to you.

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