How to give for maximum happiness

By Catherine Robson
Updated April 18 2017 - 9:43am, first published March 31 2017 - 11:39am
Charity. A charity collector on a Sydney street. 26 May 2006. AFR Photo by Andrew Quilty. Generic  charity, collector, chugger, aids trust. SPECIALX 51986 Photo: Andrew Quilty
Charity. A charity collector on a Sydney street. 26 May 2006. AFR Photo by Andrew Quilty. Generic charity, collector, chugger, aids trust. SPECIALX 51986 Photo: Andrew Quilty

A donation of $2.86 billion or $3.50. Two amounts sitting at radically different ends of the wealth spectrum. But giving away $2.86 billion or $3.50 has a similar effect - the hit of happiness that comes from helping someone else.