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...that makes sense: money buys you things that make life easier and more satisfying; the easier your life, the happier you tend to be. That relationship isn't entirely linear, since there's a limit to how much wealth can please you; the happiness benefit of an increasing income is especially powerful among people who don't have much money to start with, and diminishes as wealth increases. But studies also reveal that as average income levels have risen over time - in the U.S. and European nations, for example - residents of those countries have not reported being any happier than...
...payments from Yéle Haiti from 2005 to 2007. According to Yéle Haiti's tax returns, the charity paid out $31,200 in rent to Platinum Sound, a recording studio co-owned by Jean; $100,000 for the "musical performance services of Wyclef Jean at a benefit concert;" and $250,000 to Telemax, S.A., "a for-profit Haiti company in which Jean and Duplessis were said to 'own a controlling interest...
...people of Haiti, Your country has been destroyed, but it is also a chance to make a new beginning. Have a government that cares for the welfare of its people and not for lining its own pockets. An awful thing has happened, but we can squeeze a benefit...
...taken a personal family challenge and turned it into a crusade. She has tried to turn years of science on its head, and like many seeking answers, she has followed a path of blame. My role as a special educator has taught me that exceptional children do not benefit from this approach. What exceptional children require and deserve is acceptance, inclusion and the expectation of achievement and personal responsibility. If we try doing that, we may be pleasantly surprised...
...think that’s a good message to Business School students: to use the skills they’ve developed for broader societal benefit,” Chang said...