Money Leads to a More Satisfying Life - No surprise

Better Life Satisfaction

Of course a lottery winning or an inheritance can make life easier and thus you can fulfill your desires.  Done well it can lead to a better life, but done poorly it can make you more miserable than ever before.  It could be that Swedes are more disciplined and on average focus on mundane and duller, in a good way, and less damaging improvements in lifestyle than say Americans who often go right out and blow it on fancy cars, romantic efforts, and drugs and alcohol.  Not all Americans of course do this, but a surprising number end up miserable when winning big cash.  It may also have to do with the aspect of the culture where you tend to have lots of hangers on and users ready to pounce.  Whatever the case it the best advice is move slowly when you come up on a life changing windfall.   At least the Swedes know how to enjoy winning money and not suffer as much later according to this study as I read it.  It also shows that each culture has particular benefits that appear under stress tests like a quick influx of cash.