Quotation
The difference between richer and poorer countries is that in poorer countries, people want to be rich in the absolute sense – they want to get their basic needs met. In richer countries, people want to be rich in the relative sense – in relation to someone else. In addition to this competition with our neighbors, we’re constantly bombarded by the media reminding us of everything we lack – the perfect car, the perfect body, and the perfect house. Given aspirations we can never achieve, it’s only natural that anxiety and depression result.”