It's also pretty interesting to look at the other side of this: the person giving away the money. Michael Norton and a group of researchers (http://www.hbs.edu

It's also pretty interesting to look at the other side of this: the person giving away the money. Michael Norton and a group of researchers (http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/10-012.pdf http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/10-012.pdf) at HBS have found that giving away money increases happiness, and that happier people give away more money. This logic is awesome.