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For Countries, Wealth May Not Buy Happiness

The old adage that money can't buy happiness may be true not only for individuals, but for society as a whole, according to new international research on depression. In a global collaborative study that looked at depression and social conditions in 18 countries, researchers found that while depression has a similar debilitating effect on people worldwide, wealthier nations tend to have a higher incidence of depression among their citizens when compared with middle-income or poorer nations....Full Story
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