Eric Weinstein, physicist, economist, and podcaster has referred to a pretty nasty fight he and his wife had about this very thing - I believe he calls it the p

Eric Weinstein, physicist, economist, and podcaster has referred to a pretty nasty fight he and his wife had about this very thing - I believe he calls it the problem of hedonic substitution, and he and his wife had come up with a theory that could model it rigorously (gauge theory) but as far as I know he's never discussed gauge theory for laypeople. here's a clip from an interview where he discusses the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiEEtoa-_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiEEtoa-_4 Edit: I realize I worded that misleadingly - he and his wife were on the same side, against government economists who wanted to be able to estimate the value of hedonic substitution on an ad-hoc basis.