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This Holiday Season, Spend on Doing Rather Than Having
Research shows that paying for experiences instead of material possessions will give you greater and more enduring satisfaction
Amit Kumar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He received his A.B. in Psychology and Economics from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Cornell. For more information, you can check out http://www.kumar-amit.com.
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