Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Suggests

Re:Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study... by anigbrowl on Sunday July 30, 2017 @11:03PM (#14889205)

This assumes all quality can be expressed on a single scale of economic utility, which is an absurd premise.

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Re:Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study... by TeMPOraL on Monday July 31, 2017 @01:25AM (#14889661)

It can, and has to, if you want to compare different qualities. That's kind of the whole point of putting a dollar figure on something.

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Re:Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study... by anigbrowl on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @08:54PM (#14906950)

And more and more we're finding that that is a terrible basis for policy making, because it's only as good as our ability to quantify things. How much is the love of someone's parents worth, for example? Why can't you buy your dog's affection with money? Putting a dollar figure on everything is a terrible way to organize society.

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