the economics of happiness

American psychologist Barry Schwartz argues in his book The Paradox of Choice that too many consumer and lifestyle choices can produce anxiety and unhappiness due to analysis paralysis and raised expectations of satisfaction. I agree with his point that there is probably more to life than even life satisfaction. A classic example of this is that survey respondents will routinely respond that they support increasing total public services spending and will also respond that they oppose tax increases to pay for that increased spending. Retrieved 22 March Chris Johnstone Self as Dr.

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