Can money

buy

happiness?

Fatih Enes Dikeç

If your income doubled tomorrow…

2× money

2× happy?

01

First of all

Money matters.

Needs

food · home · health

Security

savings · less stress

Freedom

choices · your own time

02

The research

More money, more happiness?

2010

Kahneman & Deaton

stops rising at ~$75K / year

2021

Matthew Killingsworth

keeps rising, just slower

Illustrative curve · Sources: PNAS 2010, 2021

In simple words

1st lira

changes your life more than the

1,000,000th

03

Why does this happen?

We get used to it.

Hedonic adaptation

the new-phone effect

Comparison

never “enough”

04

Three ideas

Use money to be happier

Experiences

Trips, not only things

Other people

Gifts and helping others

Time

More time for what you love

To sum up

Money is a

tool,

not the goal.

Thank you!