> but it clearly doesn't. Misery is a very strong inverse correlate however. I'd be given to thinking that a lot of economic activity is driven by the need to

> but it clearly doesn't. Misery is a very strong inverse correlate however. I'd be given to thinking that a lot of economic activity is driven by the need to escape [EDIT and stay out of] poverty on one end, and a cohort of super-competitive success-addicts on the other. Most other people are quite content in the middle, and want to stay there. It is the threat of penury we should be looking more at than the lure of riches.