What Money Doesn’t Buy: The Pursuit of Happiness

The world runs on capitalism – this is what the experts say, those who study the mechanisms of world economies and international relations. And more often than not, our individual lives follow a similar tune, working long hours to support a seemingly ever-expanding need for more and better. We all have heard that money can’t buy happiness, yet the majority of our time, and thoughts, are spent in pursuit of those elusive dollar bills. How do we balance the deepest desire of our hearts, to be genuinely happy, with the realities of living in today’s modern, capitalist society? Is it really true that money can’t buy happiness? And if so, what is the alternative?