The significance of this debate to me isn't about either side of the argument. I think that both have clear arguments and huge amount of both statistical and anecdotal evidence. This debate in and of itself isn't a place to be able to make a formal decision about the topic. However, both would agree that if you live in a society where most people make $100 a year, and you make $1000 a year, you will be both better off and happier in relation to your own society and at least happier than most of the world.
1. The McMansion example where a small house in Aspen would be the last desirable thing and therefore less expensive is obviously wrong, but it could be for more than one reason. What is one that is more in line with Bob's reasoning than Justin's?
2. If money leads to happiness, why do so many wealthy people go to therapists?
3. Would giving a million dollars to a middle-class family from Sierra Leone, or giving a million to a lower class American family be better? Why?
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