# The price of happiness

- Institution: TED
- Department: Taste3 2008
- Speaker: Benjamin Wallace
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_wallace_the_price_of_happiness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.

## Lectures

1. [The price of happiness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/benjamin_wallace_the_price_of_happiness/c27e4658ad25), 15 min (TED's player)