Does Money Really “Not Buy Happiness”?

And if the US is so rich, why aren’t more people happy? (Hint: most things you know are probably wrong)

You’ve probably heard plenty of people tell you that money doesn’t buy happiness: a quick search for the terms “money” and “happiness” brings up a ton of upbeat articles and videos entitled things like Here’s Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness, mostly written by white privileged academics who were somehow able to afford their Psychology degrees without delving into debt.