Ingrid Snook, Chapter 6, Q. 6

This chapter has definitely showed me that we aren't going to run out of jobs anytime soon. It's opened my eyes to how the U.S. could really benefit from bettering and educating the population as a whole instead of the theory of taxing the rich and giving to the poor. That might work in the short term, but what would be beneficial for years to come would be improving the lives of individuals by educating them to be more productive. I also thought it was interesting how Wheelan said that envy plays a part in people's economic choices. Why would someone choose $100,000 just because that was the circumstance where their peers had less when they had the opportunity to have $110,00? This chapter also had me asking one question in my head the whole time: why don't we put more into improving public education or try to make college education cheaper if it's really going to benefit society that much?