In an age where billionaires and conspicuous consumption are increasingly on display, new Otago-led research shows a simple ...

Materialism is often seen as a driving force in today’s consumer-driven society. People strive to acquire more possessions, usually equating material wealth with success and happiness.

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Materialism, sometimes called naturalism, is the belief that matter — molecules in motion — is all that exists. Everything else: mind, consciousness, spirit — must somehow be reduced to the ...

I’m a consumer psychologist who has been researching materialism for 30 years. Materialists are more motivated and excited by the purchase of a product more than the actual use of the product.

3 Tips to Tame Your Materialism and Be Happier Materialism can make you miserable, science shows. Here’s how to weaken its grip on your life.

Materialism makes you a broke jerk, says science Being obsessed with stuff is eating your money, relationships, and soul, according to psychologist Tim Kasser.

The researchers concluded that low life satisfaction caused materialism, and only in kids who frequently saw TV advertising. "It's really about the way that advertising tries to sell products ...

In an age where billionaires and conspicuous consumption are increasingly on display, new Otago-led research shows a simple life really is a happier life.

Why values, not vanity, anchor the foundations of lasting prosperityA compass drifting from true northBeneath the ceremonial grandeur and economic statistics lies a sobering reality: in parts of the ...