Richard Epstein on Happiness, Inequality, and Envy

EconTalk Archives, 2008 by Library of Economics and Liberty

Nov 3, 200856:52Education

Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the relationship between happiness and wealth, the effects of inequality on happiness, and the economics of envy and altruism. He a...

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