The Black Dog

I just enjoyed a very interesting conversation with Jon Hansen on his blogtalk radio show. We spent some time discussing the relationship between melancholy and economics, mainly focusing on how too much optimism can lead, perhaps ironically, to failure, financial or otherwise. Here's the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen/2009/11/24/against-happiness-are-we-trying-to-hard-to-be-happ