研究金钱与幸福关系的经济学家们一致发现,在一定的收入之上,两者之间就并没有可靠的关联。
Economists who study the relationship between money and happiness have consistently found that, above a certain income, the two do not reliably correlate.
如果金钱给人们带来的不是真正的幸福,金钱就失去了自身的价值。
If money doesn't bring people real happiness, it has no value itself.
金钱可以买到一定的幸福感,你一旦有能力去满足吃穿的需求并且有自己的住所,那么剩余的金钱对你来说就没有什么不同的了。
Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference.
所以,金钱并不一定就意味着幸福。
虽然在你贫穷时,更多的金钱可以带来更多的幸福,可一旦你的基本需求都已满足,多一元钱就变得不那么重要。
Although more money delivers big increases in happiness when you are poor, each extra dollar makes less difference once your basic needs have been met.
就金钱来说她很富有,但就幸福来说则不然。
In terms of money, she's quite rich, but not in terms of happiness.
当然,金钱不是获得幸福的关键,这并不是什么新观点。18世纪英国启蒙时期的思想家边沁就提出,国家的政策应当是实现大多数人的最大幸福。
Of course, money is not the key to happiness, that is not a new idea. 18th century Britain enlightenment thinker bentham puts forward, the state policies should be achieve most the greatest happiness.
当然,金钱不是获得幸福的关键,这并不是什么新观点。18世纪英国启蒙时期的思想家边沁就提出,国家的政策应当是实现大多数人的最大幸福。
Of course, money is not the key to happiness, that is not a new idea. 18th century Britain enlightenment thinker bentham puts forward, the state policies should be achieve most the greatest happiness.
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