Happiness index drops as South Africans' spirits dampen under lockdown | azarrahk
of South Africans, particularly their inability to move about freely, concerns about the loss of income and the future of livelihoods as well as the ban on alcohol and cigarettes sales.Shopaholics out there are also no longer finding joy in buying goods as they once used to.
"This is a concern: remember that sales drive an economy, if people no longer derive pleasure out of buying, it is a sign that we are moving into unexplored territory, where conventional economic theory no longer holds. "The fact that sales are no longer related to happiness might be due to the concern about future incomes, or maybe the fact that only essential goods can be bought, from which less pleasure is derived, or maybe the experience itself, standing in endless queues to buy essential products," the study indicated.
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