> This doesn't really exist. What people want is the most they can get, and this will make them as happy as is possible in the market. Well I think it does exi

> This doesn't really exist. What people want is the most they can get, and this will make them as happy as is possible in the market. Well I think it does exist. You can be happy with what you have regardless of what others have, can you not? Otherwise you're doomed to unhappiness, unfortunately. > It's not illogical or irrational to not be happy with being paid less than you could be paid doing the same job Agreed, it's not illogical or irrational, but it is sub-optimal if one is concerned with being happy with what they have rather than comparing against external entities and adjusting happiness downward unnecessarily. > treat employees like fools I don't think it's backward or disrespectful to ask someone what would make them happy and then give it to them. I think it would be illogical to say "I want to make more than, or just as much as, anybody else doing what I do". Actually, I think maybe it's emotionally childish, rather than illogical. Not that I've never though that way myself. It's just that from a personal growth perspective, I don't think it's a mentality that leads to happiness in the long run.