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Pritchard disputes income's impact on happiness, citing small effect sizes

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Cassie Pritchard has responded to Scott Alexander's argument regarding the correlation between income and happiness, asserting that the effect of income on happiness is small. Pritchard contends that even a fourfold increase in income has a minimal impact on daily happiness, comparable to less than a third of the effect of a headache or being a full-time caregiver. She criticizes Alexander for not adequately addressing the smallness of this effect and questions his motives for downplaying it. Pritchard further references Kahneman & Deaton's research to illustrate that other factors, such as marital status and weight, have a similar or greater impact on happiness than income. AI

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Pritchard disputes income's impact on happiness, citing small effect sizes

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  1. Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander) TIER_1 English(EN) · Scott Alexander ·

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