P0ETS,songwrirers and lef t- wing politicians hare the idea ,
bur for decades opinion - poll evidence has been clear:
money buys happiness and the richer you are , the more likely you are to express satisfaction with your life. Until now.A survey of 43 countries published on October 30 th by the Pew Research Centre of Washington,DC,shows that people in emerging markets are within a whisker of expressing the same level of satisfaction as people in rich countries. It is the biggest qualification to the standard view of happiness and income seen so far.