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Nick_Tarleton comments on Scott Sumner on Utility vs Happiness [Link] - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Nic_Smith 12 January 2011 08:14PM

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 17 January 2011 06:32:10AM *  1 point [-]

True, but it would also be a serious mistake to suppose that utility-the-thing-we-care-about is very accurately described by revealed preference (not that I particularly doubt the correctness of the decision mentioned to move to the US).

Speaking of Mexico (and Nigeria, etc.), does anyone know offhand how demographically and socioeconomically proportionate happiness studies usually are?