Why does income growth fail to make us happier?: Searching for the treadmills behind the paradox of happiness

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A Conceptual Framework of Happiness at the Workplace (2014, background): “Even though people who gain higher income seem to be happier people, their happiness level is affected by working hours (Binswanger, 2006; Paul & Guilbert, 2013).”
Saluting while the ship sinks: the necessity for tourism paradigm change (2018, background): “The mounting evidence that economic growth, measured by growth of GDP, does not measure quality of life, social progress, human development, environmental quality or even increase happiness (Binswanger, 2006), continues to be ignored.”
Mindful consumption: a customer-centric approach to sustainability (2011, background): “Binswanger (2006) draws attention to four treadmills (viz., positional, hedonic, multi-option, and time-saving) in consumption that cause stagnation or loss in happiness even as one’s consumption keeps rising.”
“I want it all and I want it now!” An examination of the etiology, expression, and escalation of excessive employee entitlement (2010, background): “, Inglehart, 1990) in that individuals often respond to improved economic and social conditions by setting higher goals and consuming more (Binswanger, 2006).”