Richard Thaler, a contemporary economist, spoke in 1980 of an “endowment effect.” Even though people may admire other things, they act as if they are mostly happy enough with whatever they already have, and lack the will to consider real change.
当代经济学家泰勒在1980年谈到“基金效应”。即使人们可能崇尚其他东西，但是他们做起事来好像是安于现状，并且缺乏考虑真正改变的意志。