Name: O preço da felicidade
Uploaded: 2008-12-17T01:00:00Z
Duration: 14 min 18 s
Description: Podemos comprar a felicidade? Para o descobrir, o autor Benjamin Wallace provou alguns dos produtos mais caros do mundo, incluindo uma garrafa de Château Cheval Blanc de 1947, 230 gramas de bife Kobe e o lendário café Kopi Luwak. A sua crítica pode surpreender-vos.

Podemos comprar a felicidade? Para o descobrir, o autor Benjamin Wallace provou alguns dos produtos mais caros do mundo, incluindo uma garrafa de Château Cheval Blanc de 1947, 230 gramas de bife Kobe e o lendário café Kopi Luwak. A sua crítica pode surpreender-vos.

O preço da felicidade

Chasing the world's most expensive products, from a $160 Kobe beef steak to a $105,000 bottle of wine, often leads to disappointment. Even blind taste tests put fancy olive oil below the humble store brand, and extravagant hotel suites or designer jeans rarely deliver unique joy. A study found people enjoyed the same wine more when told it was pricier, revealing that expectation shapes pleasure as much as reality. The pursuit of luxury, it seems, is driven more by belief and status than by real, lasting happiness.