What is the psychology of envy

What does envy mean? As an emotion that enables survival of the species, envy is related to competition and social comparison between yourself and others that are a part of your self-evaluation. Envy is not often talked about. Some may even consider envy to be one of the 7 deadly sins. Can envy be good for you? How do you feel envy in a healthy way so that envy can help you? In this video, we interview a professor of psychology, David Ludden, what envy is and how we can use it to help us.