by Graham Music | Dec 27, 2013 | Altruism, Poverty
After the giving and receiving. Materialism and happiness and tough lives This year in some circles we have seem a backlash against materialism. Typical is a new book by Robert Wolman called Stuffocation [1], arguing that stuff does not make us happy, but rather it is...
by Graham Music | Jun 29, 2012 | Wellbeing
More on happiness and consumerism Approx. Reading Time: 3 minutes A new study from San Francisco State University and published in the Journal of Happiness Studies [1] casts a very particular slant on being a consumer by showing that people gain much more of a sense...
by Graham Music | Apr 20, 2012 | Altruism
Do we want to be consumers of services? Approx. Reading Time: 3 minutes We are living in an increasingly consumerist culture. Public sector services are often being run like private companies, alongside privatisation the profit motive is more and more central to how...
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