We childhood education money can not buy happiness, the old saying is "are in the fortunate". In fact, perhaps the really good old days gone, will be aware of money, perhaps not happiness.
Three economists in the United States: Daniel Sacks, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers late last year released a research report: the degree of happiness with the upgrading of the salary increase. They found a large number of questionnaires, assuming your salary doubled from 10 million to 20 million, and your satisfaction with life is also doubled. And so on, this doubling effect will continue.
Conclusion of view, that is to say: in the same country, rich people than poor happiness at any time higher; rich countries (per capita GDP) nationals than countries with low per capita GDP happiness high. The most incredible, wealthy, and happiness will always be related to this associate degree in academia seems no one has yet found the upper limit to appear.
The theory of this American release, provoked British resonate. Yet to fall into a deep worry about a "double dip" in the UK, their money attitude free. The major media are often doing some happiness trivial "summary, including the the rainy day Lanjue lover kissing, these happy little things, is seen as not cost much. However, according to the dream into reality. When the wallet shrink, gluttonous luxury loved TV cooking show the "thrifty do the dishes" alternative; pension problems started to threaten the British Tahitian vacation retirement plan should be changed to Scotland, the British may want to ", as money for little, free and easy does not it.
Beginning last year, the British have always thought that their wages decline, more tragic, wages fell, the price is also high. This is true. According to statistics, last year, the average wage of the UK private plate only enhance 1.4%, while the retail price index as an indicator of the inflation rate is 3.1%, which is equivalent to wages not only did not rise, but rather has shrunk by 1.7%. Does not reach a certain level of economic growth, but also did not pay up, people are getting poorer, the the National Happiness sense also fell.
"We all know that money can not buy happiness?
Wrong. Money may not buy to love, but not buy happiness. '
"Money is the sixth sense, do not have this sense, we can not enjoy the first five."
Began flooding the online reviews similar to those described above. During the recession, the importance of money began to be referred to the unprecedented height.
The relationship between "money" and "happiness", the population not open around the University of Southern California economist Richard - Easterlin (Richard Easterlin), he is the "academicians" (National Academy of Sciences Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences), is the figure of happiness economics dean. In his view, the role of money, or can be "happy farmer and tragic millionaire paradox" to the phrase summarizes.
Easterlin Paradox (Easterlin Paradox) 1974 Argument: the relatively wealthy more meaningful than absolute wealthy. For example, an annual salary of one million pounds of investment bankers may not be an ordinary worker happiness than General Motors, because you just had a new home decoration, found the neighbor than you have money, they also installed a swimming pool.
Easterlin 2008 for Americans lifelong happiness curve of a research report, found that the well-being of Americans peaked in the 45-50 years age range: Before this interval is a gradual the process of rising, after this interval is the process of a gradual decline. This curve, known as the Easterlin rainbow-shaped happiness curve.
These two studies seem to prove that the happiness of the high-income people may be less than the well-being of low-income populations. For example, in the developed countries of the economy, people's happiness is usually with the growth of per capita income rise to a range until the per capita income growth. For example, per capita income rose from $ 5,000 to $ 10,000, happiness with income growth; revenue growth of more than $ 10,000, and the upgrade of happiness is not related.
Three American scholars, "the more money, the more happiness" theory; Easterlin the happiness of Relativity, are just happy and standards to determine the angle. As academia has been recognized by the concept of "happiness" is too difficult to quantify, but some of the factors contained touches questionable.
United Nations in April last year, over one hundred "happiness report" for similar "What is happiness," this issue has made more fair comment: On average, rich people are happier than the poor, but the wealth is not happiness The only factor. For example, in a country, the lack of anti-corruption mechanisms, social support, and will weaken the people's happiness.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate will obviously reduce the degree of happiness, mainly because of reduced income, rather than because of anything else.
More interesting, although the life of high-quality and well-being to enhance directly related, but the United States is indeed a special case in the past 50 years, the average quality of life of Americans in higher, but happiness is no way to follow up. Not only that, in the United States and the United Kingdom, the trust also fell. "Do you believe that someone picked up your wallet will be returned to you" this problem is to respond to, the Americans and the British have no confidence, but rather in Denmark and Italy, the countries of the European continent, a sense of trust still enhance.
Another point is certain: whether it is in the United States, Europe or Asia, a stable and happy marriage and family life can bring happiness, it is not money directly related.
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