Socrates Exchange: What is the Relationship between Money, Happiness, and a Good Life?

In our next installment of The Socrates Exchange we're asking the question: “What is the relationship between money, happiness, and a good life?” Our culture may often tell us the personal wealth equals success, but most of us are suspicious of this. What really is the relationship between money, happiness, and a good life? If money isn't essential for happiness, why are we concerned with poverty? Is money, as some say, the root of all evil?

Guest:

• Nick Smith, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire, Advisor to the Socratic Society at UNH and Project Advisor to the Socrates Exchange

We'll also hear from:

• Father Jerome Day, a Benedictine Priest, professor of English at St. Anselm College and pastor of St. Raphael the Archangel Parish in Manchester
• Sue Macoo, of Capital Craftsman and Romance Jewelers in Concord
• Kirke Olsen, psychologist and owner of The Positivity Company

Links:

• "Poverty, Money and Happiness" by Nick Smith (pdf)