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#657 - Erik Angner - An Economist’s Guide To A Happy Life

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Erik Angner is a professor of philosophy at King's College London, researcher, and author. Economists are usually concerned with macro trends. Money, finances. But they also have data-driven insights into what makes a happy, fulfilling life. Plus Erik is also a philosopher, so he manages to blend two murky worlds into a very usable life approach. Expect to learn what economics says are the 4 pillars of living a good life, why everyone hates philosophers, whether all old Japanese people should kill themselves, why economists get such a bad wrap, how to maximise your happiness from an economic perspective, whether there is a difference between men and women's happiness, how to break your addiction to material possessions and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on Bubs Naturals at https://www.bubsnaturals.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on your first order from Collars&Co at https://collarsandco.com/ (use code: MW15) Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/mw (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Eric Angner. He's a professor of philosophy at King's College London, a researcher, and an author.

0:09.4

Economists are usually concerned with macro trends, money, finances, but they also have data-driven insights into what makes a happy, fulfilling life.

0:18.3

Plus, Eric is a philosopher, so he manages to blend two murky worlds into a very usable approach.

0:24.1

Expect to learn what economics say is the four pillars of living a good life, why everyone hates philosophers,

0:30.0

whether all old Japanese people should kill themselves, why economists get such a bad rap, how to maximize your happiness from an economic perspective,

0:38.6

whether there is a difference between men's and women's happiness, how to break your addiction to material possessions, and much more.

0:46.0

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0:53.6

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