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If some of what enables people in our society to make all of the choices we make were shifted to societies in which people have too few options, not only would those people's lives be improved, but ours would be improved also. This is what economists call a Pareto improving move. Income redistribution will make everyone better off, not just poor people, because of how all of this excess choice plagues us.
— Barry Schwartz (psychologist)
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About Barry Schwartz (psychologist)
Barry Schwartz (born August 15, 1946) is an American psychologist.
About Barry Schwartz (psychologist)
Barry Schwartz (born August 15, 1946) is an American psychologist.
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