If your neighbor wins lottery, you might go broke

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Jeemie
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If your neighbor wins lottery, you might go broke

#1 Post by Jeemie » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:38 am

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/02/ ... og_flyover

Found this article when I was researching something else...haven't completely absorbed it yet, but found it interesting that there might be real evidence that a neighbor's good fortune may induce you to start living way beyond your means.
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Re: If your neighbor wins lottery, you might go broke

#2 Post by earendel » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:12 am

Jeemie wrote:http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/02/ ... og_flyover

Found this article when I was researching something else...haven't completely absorbed it yet, but found it interesting that there might be real evidence that a neighbor's good fortune may induce you to start living way beyond your means.
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