Over the years there has developed a belief that people in more developed and richer countries were no happier than their counterparts in poorer less developed countries.
Turns out this is not true, it seems that the old adage that you can never be too rich, too good looking or too smart has a ring of truth to it.
This piece takes a good look at the current round of evidence.
I think the kicker here might be the log scale on income, which is probably being over looked on such an emotive topic.
This line sums it up for me
“But this moral has a sour-grapes taste; it’s a comforting fable we non-wealthy tell ourselves all the while suspecting that it probably isn’t true.”