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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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Richard Epstein on Happiness, Inequality, and Envy is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2008 by Library of Economics and Liberty. Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the relationship bet...

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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 also applies the theory of evolution to explain some of the findings of the happiness literature.

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