People in the United States, for example, are, on average, richer than New Zealanders, but they are not happier. More dramatically, people in Austria, France, Japan, and Germany appear to be no happier than people in much poorer countries, like Brazil, Colombia, and the Philippines.
如果你有更多钱的话你是不是会更加幸福呢？许多人认为是的。但是多年来的研究显示，更多财富意味着更多幸福的现象只存在于极低收入水平的人群中。比如，美国人从总体上来看要比新西兰人富裕，但是他们并不更加幸福。更加戏剧性的是，奥地利、法国、日本和德国的人民似乎并不比那些要贫穷得多的国家，比如巴西、哥伦比亚和菲律宾的人更幸福。