Friday, 6 December 2013

{Money and Happiness}[29th November 1972]

[Redbook1:268][19721129:1052]{Money and Happiness}[29th November 1972]

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            People who see domestic discontent in terms of distribution of wealth miss the point.  Money is a means, not an end.  If we can arrange general content more directly by striking at the end -- by providing in kind -- the importance of wealth will decline.  I do not like our obsession with money: it affects human attitudes adversely, and distorts relationships.  I should like everyone to have the opportunity to live a reasonably contented life; but redistribution of wealth is not necessarily the best way of providing that opportunity, and it may cause hardship as it alleviates hardship.

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