Financial wellbeing: Does more money make us more happy?

Over the many years that I have been talking about the relationship between money and happiness, one question crops up over and over. It is this: Does more money make you more happy? I've asked this question of many people. Some say they intuitively feel that, after a certain point, we don't need more money to be happy. Others have claimed that I must be mad if I think that rich people aren't happier than poor people. A third section points out that I should try telling someone forced to use a food bank that money doesn't matter. All these points are valid. This is because the world i...