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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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4. Wealth is...

Reply to rhett o rick (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2013, 08:52 PM

Mar 2013

...the ability to be happy.

In Economics I was taught that the fundamental problem is satisfying unlimited needs and wants with limited means. Satisfaction yields happiness and want yields sadness. Basically, wealth is as much about learning to be happy with what your means can afford as it is about trying to improve your means.

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What is wealth? [View all] rhett o rick Mar 2013 OP

Of course Smith was speaking of material wealth to start with. malthaussen Mar 2013 #1

What makes wealth fluctate? When commodities traders bid the "value" of something rhett o rick Mar 2013 #2

to me - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #3

By "comfortable in my own skin"... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #5

it is that and more. I am comfortable with who I am and my surroundings. I am at peace and do not Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #6

That's a good thing. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #7

I think so. With that and, my good health I feel like I am very wealthy. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #8

You are indeed. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #9

Wealth is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #4