经济增长不能保证幸福感上升
<p><span word="Philosophers">Philosophers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Aristotle">Aristotle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beatles">Beatles</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="happiness">happiness</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span>. <span word="Since">Since</span> 2005 <span word="Gallup">Gallup</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pollster">pollster</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="representative">representative</span> <span word="sample">sample</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="satisfaction">satisfaction</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="zero">zero</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ten">ten</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="headline">headline</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="clear">clear</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="richer">richer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="average">average</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="happiness">happiness</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="simple">simple</span> <span word="correlation">correlation</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="doubling">doubling</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="lifts">lifts</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="satisfaction">satisfaction</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="about">about</span> 0.7 <span word="points">points</span>.</p><p>从亚里士多德到披头士，哲学家们都认为金钱买不到幸福，但似乎有所（对幸福感提升）帮助。自2005年以来，民意调查机构盖洛普对来自世界各国的成年人代表进行了民意测试，要求他们对自己的生活满意度从0到10进行打分。结果表明：平均而言，一个国家越富有，幸福感就越高。这个简单的相关性调查表明，人均国内生产总值翻一番，生活满意度将提高了0.7个百分点。</p><p><span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prediction">prediction</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="richer">richer</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="mood">mood</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dubious">dubious</span> <span word="record">record</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1974 <span word="Richard">Richard</span> <span word="Easterlin">Easterlin</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="economist">economist</span>, <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="satisfaction">satisfaction</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="stagnated">stagnated</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1946 <span word="and">and</span> 1970 <span word="even">even</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="by">by</span> 65% <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="period">period</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="disconnect">disconnect</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="places">places</span>, <span word="too">too</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="correlated">correlated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="happiness">happiness</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>—<span word="and">and</span> <span word="although">although</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="downturns">downturns</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="reliable">reliable</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="temporary">temporary</span> <span word="misery">misery</span>—<span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="frown">frown</span> <span word="upside">upside</span>-<span word="down">down</span>.</p>
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