Robert Skidelsky on Money, the Good Life, and How Much is Enough

Robert Skidelsky, noted biographer of John Maynard Keynes and author (with his son Edward) of the recently published How Much is Enough, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about materialism, growth, insatiability, and the good life. Skidelsky argues that we work too hard and too long. He argues that the good life has more leisure than we currently consume and that public policy should be structured to discourage work in wealthy countries where work can still be uninspiring. Skidelsky criticizes the discipline of economics and economists for contributing to an obsession with growth to the detriment of what he says are more meaningful and life-enhancing policy goals.

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Robert Skidelsky on Money, the Good Life, and How Much is Enough is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2012 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 54:36 long.

This episode was published on Oct 1, 2012.

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