Markets Reduce Misery. But What about Meaning?

[jv_coach]

Surely it is better to search for the meaning of life on a full, rather than an empty, stomach.

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or many decades, critics of economic development argued that rising incomes and greater material abundance did not lead to higher levels of happiness. In 1974, Richard Easterlin from the University of Southern California noted that people in richer countries were not happier than people in poor countries. Subsequent research found that the so-called Easterlin Paradox did not exist. Instead, happiness seems to 

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 with affluence. Today, a different kind of criticism is gaining ground. Happiness may be increasing, the critics of economic development concede, but life in a modern capitalist society is more and more devoid of meaning. What are we to make of this criticism?

[stevenash]

It means that, unless you are a lefty, you are unable to grasp the true meaning/value of life.

[jv_coach]

On 4/2/2018 at 0:04 PM, stevenash said:

It means that, unless you are a lefty, you are unable to grasp the true meaning/value of life.

and that means do what we say and if you disagree or think for yourself you need to be "re-educated".