{"id":437,"date":"2009-03-03T02:18:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T07:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=437"},"modified":"2009-03-03T02:18:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T07:18:51","slug":"marginal-revolution-sentences-to-ponder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/03\/marginal-revolution-sentences-to-ponder\/","title":{"rendered":"Marginal Revolution: Sentences to ponder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve been something of a nagger , telling friends to not mortgage<\/a> their lives for “toys<\/a>“. The newest cameras, laptops<\/a>, other gadgets<\/a>. Most think that doing what I was saying is a way of taking the fun out of their lives. This is not what I am trying to tell them.<\/p>\n

Sentences to ponder
\nRecent research by economists Amy Finkelstein, Erzo Luttmer, and Matthew Notowidigdo suggests that you’ll get a bigger bang for your consumer buck by spending while you’re healthy, before old age<\/a> starts to take the fun out of life’s indulgences<\/a>.
\nHere is more. I worry about the asymmetry<\/a> between gaining happiness and avoiding pain. Surely money for the young is better for the former but how about the latter?<\/strong>
\nMarginal Revolution: Sentences to ponder<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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