The secret to happiness? Why giving feels so good

By Noel Whittaker
Updated January 26 2018 - 9:53am, first published December 8 2017 - 11:31am

Is having wealth the secret of happiness? The fact that millions of Australians buy lottery tickets every week, even though they have less than one in a million chance of winning, suggests that the majority think it is. But the evidence is very much to the contrary.

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