Money isn’t everything

by Russ Roberts on September 7, 2011

in Work

I always like to tell my students not to take the job that pays the most money. Or at least don’t take it for that reason. Most people don’t take the job that pays the most money. We trade money for satisfaction, meaning, leisure, beauty, pride, and honor. Here is the story of a man who paid $72 million to have a meaningful life. It was a bargain.

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