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Title: Great to skim through
Review: My favorite part about the book is that it reminds the economist-type what economics is all about...its not necessarily about money, but about happiness. Why do we work? Because we have to. Wants are not limitless. To have a desirable lifestyle one can either increase income or decrease desire for material objects.Outside of this, there's not too much merit in the book. After the first 2-3 chapters the rest of the book is pretty boring and provides no real insight. Only a philosopher or a very thorough anthropologist would find a reason to keep plugging away at this bore.Some of the data certainly paints an incomplete and biased picture...see various other reviews on the Web for details.Plus, the guy's an arrogant, snooty you-know-what (I found this out after reading the book so it didn't bias my opinion of it) so don't give him any royalties, buy used.
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