[lbo-talk] Crisis and revolution (Was Re: offlist)

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Wed Nov 28 18:46:41 PST 2007


Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Nov 28, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote:
>
>
>>I'm not sure what Doug means when he says, "There's plenty of
>>evidence that
>>poor people aren't all that unhappy - and that money doesn't make
>>people
>>happier." Surely he must define "poor" in a limited way.
>
>
> I'm referring to the so-called "economics of happiness" literature,
> which shows that economic growth has not made people in given
> countries happier over time, and which shows that rich people aren't
> always all that much happier than poor people.
>
> Of course, people may not have the imagination to see their own
> unhappiness, as Tahir might say.
>
> Doug

--And all of this assumes that the psychological state of happiness is the paradigm of the good life. I have to agree with Nietzsche that this is slave morality through and through.

Miles



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