James,
Those cursed American consumers! When will they learn matieralism! If only there was a class they could take that would teach them, but if we can't teach it who could? ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sproule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2001 6:27 am Subject: RE: Disaster Raises Happiness, Trust > Misery, it seems, loves company. How much less depressing life is if > everyone is having a hard time, indeed, look no further than > Communism to > see how everyone being miserable together is still seen by some as > preferable to people getting on and succeeding as a result of > their own > efforts. > > The bigger question for me (sitting here in London) is when will > the US > consumer snap out of their present mood and once again begin to shop? > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of > John Cunningham > Sent: 01 October 2001 18:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Disaster Raises Happiness, Trust > > > > I think I recall also reading somewhere that suicide rates dropped > markedlyduring both the Great Depression and WW II. > > John > > At 11:43 AM 10/1/01 -0400, you wrote: > >A lot of Soviet citizens, similarly, (retrospectively) claimed > they were > >happiest during World War II, when something like 1-out-of-8 > perished!>-- > > Prof. Bryan Caplan > > Department of Economics George Mason University > > http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest > merit we > > ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught > > books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what *they* > > thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of > > light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the > > lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." > > --Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" > > >
