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

[Miles Jackson]

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