According to scientists, the debate has now been resolved, which is fantastic news as long as your bank account doesn’t blow up.
Three-quarters of the nearly 3,000 local and Indigenous community members surveyed globally in a recent study lacked a source of income.
Despite having very little money, several of these people reported great levels of life satisfaction based on the questionnaires.
“The strong correlation frequently observed between income and life satisfaction is not universal and proves that wealth, as generated by industrialised economies, is not fundamentally required for humans to lead happy lives,” said Victoria Reyes-Garcia, the study’s senior author.
