What would you do with $590m? This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read Ha ppy Money by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.

     These two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly. What was once exciting and new becomes old-hat; regret creeps in. It is far better to spend money on experiences, say Ms. Dunn and Mr. Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often become more valuable with time—as stories or memories—particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others.

    This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most “happiness bang for your buck”. It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it). Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. This is apparently the reason McDonald’s restricts the availability of its popular McRib—a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession.

    Readers of Happy Money are clearly a privileged lot, anxious about fulfillment, not hunger. Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones. Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. Not everyone will agree with the authors’ policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers. But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

答案精析：根据题干可定位到文章最后一段末尾。最后两句点明主题，提出虽然不是所有人都会赞同作者的观点，但大部分人在读完这本书后会觉得买这本书是值得的。money well spent与a worthwhile purchase为同义替换，因此选B。

错项排除：文章未提及与批评有关的信息，排除A项。最后一段表达了富人和穷人在消费中产生的感觉不同，但未提及收入差距，因此排除C项。文章最后一段也没有提及achievement，因此排除D项。

长难句解析：Not everyone will agree with the authors’ policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers.

主句为主谓宾结构，主语为代词短语not everyone。which引导的定语从句修饰the authors’ policy ideas，谓语range from...to…，表示涵盖的范围从mandating more holiday time（授权增加节假日时间）到reducing tax incentives（减少征税名义）。

句意为：并非所有人都认同作者们的政策意见，包括授权增加节假日的时间和为美国购房者减税。