In recent time economic growth has made some people richer in both developed and developing countries. While studies show that people in developing countries are happier now than before, people in developed countries are no happier than they were before.

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If a person has money, it does not mean that he is happy. Despite that
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of both developed and developing
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is growing.
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from developed
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do
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don
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not feel happy
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they used to, whereas
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from developing
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feel happier than they were ever before. Now I am going to outline why
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happened and tell about the lesson that can be learned from it. In the case of developed
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,
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have never
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. Food was available and
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could
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it whenever they wanted for
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cheap price. Decades ago work was not as hard as it is now,
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could easily take a rest as they had
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plenty of
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time.
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took
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good conditions for granted. Nowadays
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who are getting richer do not feel happy as they
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to do.
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happens because of hard work and tough competition between
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.
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ambitions that encourage them to pursue their goals do not allow them to take a rest and spend
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time with their friends and family.
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developing
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had never lived in good conditions.
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usually had no money to buy food or
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stuff.
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conditions encouraged them to work harder. In the present
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they become richer and
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they can afford things that they could not in the past. That’s why they are getting happier. In conclusion, I must say that we should appreciate what we have and spend more time with our family and friends.
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we ought to remember that someone never had a chance to make their life better.
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