In this text about the relationship between money and happiness some words have been replaced by the names of vegetables. Can you guess what those words should be?
At times when the is in trouble, this doesn’ t always mean that won’ t be happy. It just means that people have to try to share the more equally. It also makes people think twice about what really is. The good news is that is not directly linked to how much someone has. If you look at the charts, which show the of two surveys on. The show that when people get enough to live on and earn enough to not be, this doesn’ t mean that they are happier. In fact, one of the charts shows that the level of can actually go down when people have a higher
Source: UN Inclusive Wealth report 2012, from Layard 2005
This is because the more earn, the more they want; and it is more difficult to feel satisfied. And try to maintain keep the level of they have always had. This also leads to stress. When study the relationship between and
, or and, they find that they are not really related. But equality( when there is less difference between the richest and the poorest in a) is related to.
Answer Key Potato = economy, cabbages = people, tomato = money, cucumber = happiness, peas = results, lettuce = poor, onion = income
Sources: Ipsos( Nov 2011 survey) / IMF
At times when the economy is in trouble, this doesn’ t always mean that people won’ t be happy. It just means that people have to try to share the money more equally. It also makes people think twice about what happiness really is. The good news is that happiness is not directly linked to how much money someone has. If you look at the charts, which show the results of two surveys on happiness. The graphs show that when people get enough money to live on and earn enough money to not be poor, this doesn’ t mean that they are happier. In fact, one of the charts shows that the level of happiness can actually go down when people have a higher income. Text adapted from an article by Michael Roscoe called‘ Why Things Are Going To Get Worse And Why We Should Be Glad’, published by New Internationalist.
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