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Exchanges: The Global Economy

Exchanges: The Global Economy

French economist Daniel Cohen

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Online

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Why doesn’t money make us happy? French economist Daniel Cohen explores the paradox of why growing economies do not lead to growing satisfaction with life. He tells Justin Rowlatt, and an audience at Paris Dauphine University that economics focusses us on competition while it’s cooperation and free-giving that makes us happy. Show less

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