Buying Happiness, Get Rich Quick Scams, Former NFL Players Busted And More

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Here's How You Can Buy Happiness, Sort Of Can money buy happiness? Yes, if you spend it on other people, says Michael Norton, an associate professor at Harvard Business School. (H/t Business Insider.) Norton said at a recent TED talk that spending money on yourself does not make you happier, but spending money on others -- no matter how it is spent, or how much -- could improve your mood. Would You Fall For This Ad? Former NFL Players Charged With Tax Fraud Man Gets Himself Arrested, Hoping For 'A Sandwich And Drink' Customer Deceived By Dangerous Mislabeling Phone Companies Ignore Low-Price Requirement That You Are Paying For BLOG POSTS Rev. Jesse Jackson: Make Public Colleges Free for All Who Qualify College or advanced training is more important than ever, yet we are making it less and less affordable. College tuition is soaring because the state contribution to budgets is being slashed. We're privatizing public colleges piecemeal by putting more and more of the costs on the students. Wendell Potter: Putting Our Premiums Into Medical Care, Not Profits Chances are that many of the people eligible for an insurance rebate are among those demanding that ObamaCare be repealed or struck down by the Supreme Court. Getting a check in the mail because of ObamaCare might make some of them reconsider. Justine Rivero: Forget Credit Scores: The Case for Credit Grades If you've had a headache trying to understand your own credit score, pass the aspirin; you aren't the only one. Bill Bartmann: The Sleeper Voting Bloc That Can't Sleep People who are at ease may decide their votes in different ways, but people in pain will vote with their emotions. Thirty million Americans are in tremendous pain. Daniel Burrus: The Real Way to Avoid a Student Loan Debt Crisis The real problem is not the student loan debt itself. Rather, the real problem is that even with their shiny new degrees, graduates (both young and old) are not finding jobs. What's the solution?

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