My essay: According to some experts, monetary growth of the economically developed countries is unnecessary, as this cannot satisfies their citizens. When this statement is true to some extent, I also believe that the additional economic rise in these states can make public people satisfied from their lives.
On the one hand, there are some reasons why I agree with this opinion. First of all, boom in the economics of the state can accelerate the tendency of the citizens on materialism and over-consumerism, which people are becoming to pursue happiness from tangible and luxury resources such as sport cars and expensive villas, despite they have no need for them. As a result, peoples are become to prioritize materialistic satisfaction over their family and health, the two key components to build meaningful life, and even some of the individuals may lose these while they achieved their dreamed “elegant” lifestyle. In this cases, community become more fragile and illusory truth about happiness may transcend over the real meaning of that, making people more unsatisfied from their life, which can lead to some of the terrible events. The most suitable example for this opinion is two economic giants: USA and Germany. These countries experiencing noticeable economic growth in recent decades and the citizens’ living standards are among the highest in the world. However, while the USA is the dominant in the number of imprisoned and homeless people, Germany has been underwent the significant numbers in the suicide and aging population due to the accelerating divorces. According to many sociologists such as Olivero Petkovic in university of Oxford, the main reason behind this situation in many developed countries is that impulsive consuming culture that has been brought by further economic developments.
On the other hand, the supplementary economic increase can make people more satisfied in their lives. For one thing, in order to fulfill the basic requirements of their citizens, governments are desperately in need for more financial resources that can be earned only by the economic advancement. In the last year, demand for food, shopping, education and healthcare by community members are surging and all this necessitates for more business opportunities and investments that can be particularly done by the financial support of the states. In order to do so, the extra budget money is essential and expansion in this may guarantee that all the above mentioned actions take a step and continue successfully. Another reason is that promoting the truth about happiness amongst public and teaching people about themselves sometimes take a lot of money. Preparing teachers and parents to study the children about psychology of satisfaction, using media power to show what is the real contentment in the life, doing scientific researches in the areas such as philosophy and neuro-psychology are all the actions that involve large amount of funding in the long-run. Without continuous development in the economy, raising social endorsement about true meaning of joy and ways to gain it remains out of question for the governments.
To conclude, while the ongoing economic hike in the developed countries is important to make members of society happy and enjoyed from their lives due to fundamental prerequisites and spreading the knowledge about pleasant lifestyle, it’s also unnecessary, since it transforms people into addicted to excessive consumerism.