Research has shown that money has a significant impact on happiness when it is used to escape poverty, but beyond that, the correlation between the two is minimal. Money can take the problem of scarcity off the table, but the effects diminish quickly after that. This is why Daniel Pink, as quoted in the last chapter, has stated that the best use of money is to remove money from the discussion.
— The Joy of Craft (Claes Zane), Loc. 373–7