Robin Hanson wrote:
> Frank never did convince me, however of this claim
> "One possibility, of course, is that we
> envy our neighbors' possessions more than we feel comfortable admitting.
> But there's an alternative explanation, one that works even if we're really
> not much concerned about keeping up with the Joneses."
Talk about hyperbole in this article:
"And the stakes now are greater than ever. In the midst of the
longest sustained economic boom in history, many American families are
experiencing an unprecedented sense of impoverishment."
"Unprecedented," huh? :-)
--
Prof. Bryan Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan
"We may be dissatisfied with television for two quite different
reasons: because our set does not work, or because we dislike
the program we are receiving. Similarly, we may be dissatisfied
with ourselves for two quite different reasons: because our body
does not work (bodily illness), or because we dislike our
conduct (mental illness)."
--Thomas Szasz, *The Untamed Tongue*
