[ExI] Status, Envy, and Economics

Antonio Marcos amcmr2003 at yahoo.com.br
Wed Feb 13 23:20:14 UTC 2008


> > Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other
> people make $25,000,
> > or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while
> other people get $250,000?
> 
> The latter.  And I would sincerely appreciate it if
> people who
> would prefer the former, would either say so, or
> flip a coin
> and if the answer is "heads", state their true
> preference.  :-)
> 

That will depend on how large you consider your 'other
people' group.

Mark.


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