# The Cost of Earning More Money **URL:** **By** Dan Russell, Aaron Ross Powell **Published:** November 10, 2014 --- Daniel C. Russell joins us this week to talk about income and happiness. What do we give up by taking opportunities to earn more money? Dan Russell claims that business ethics is more than just a set of ethical dilemmas. Isn't that what ethics is about, though? Facing a moral quandary and figuring out how to solve it? How do the teachings of Aristotle tie into all of this? What does it mean to live a good life? What does a wise choice look like? **Show Notes and Further Reading** Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky, [How Much is Enough?](http://www.amazon.com/How-Much-Enough-Money-Good/dp/1590516346) (book) Daniel C. Russell, [The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics](http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Virtue-Companions-Philosophy/dp/0521171741) (book) Daniel C. Russell, [Happiness for Humans](http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Humans-Daniel-C-Russell/dp/0199583684) (book) [Dan Russell, "Happiness -- A Feeling or a Future?"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVJCSYWi7_Q) (video)