One Implication of the Phenomenon Described by Economist Richard Easterlin

question 29

Multiple Choice

One implication of the phenomenon described by economist Richard Easterlin as the "hedonic treadmill" is that

• A) people who consume more goods and services are happier than those who consume less.
• B) people can only become happier if they are consuming more and more.
• C) there is a threshold of consumption that one must cross before one can be happy.
• D) we can combine the happiness of different individuals to get "total happiness."

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