How much money it takes to be happy in SA.

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In a record-high inflationary economy, one’s happiness can be affected when we see prices going up, while our money’s purchasing power continues to decrease – in other words, your money today will not go as far tomorrow.
These types of scenarios have left many economists and psychologists to try to calculate how much is enough to make a person happy. One would think that more money correlates to more happiness, but that isn’t necessarily true.
12 Sep 2022 9AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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