Do More Tech Toys Make You Happier? (NewsFactor)

Barry Levine, newsfactor.com Tue Jul 18, 6:30 PM ET If only you had a video iPod, a better car and more tech toys, you'd be happier, right? Wrong. That's the conclusion of "The Happy Planet Index," a study by the London-based New Economics Foundation (NEF). They wanted to find out if happiness, as measured by people's assessment of their quality of life, was directly related to consumption. If consuming more made people happier, then a country's Gross Domestic Product ( GDP " /> SEARCH News | News ...