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Jul 31 2007 12:00am EDT

Bruce Wagner Explicates the Hedonic Treadmill

It can be hard to define the hedonic treadmill in easy-to-understand terms. So next time you're stuck for an explanation, just point your interlocutor here, to this week's Shouts and Murmurs column in the New Yorker. As a funny, it's not so funny. But as an elucidation of a relatively recondite concept in that hazy area where sociology, psychology, and economics intersect, it's hilarious.

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