According to the Daily Mail on December 14, a study of life satisfaction- made by the University of Southern California in 37 countries -shows that economic growth doesn't bring with it a corresponding long-term rise in happiness.
南加利福尼亚大学在全球37个国家进行了一项“生活满意度”调查，结果显示，经济增长并不表示幸福感就会随之增长。

It found that while people may feel more positive in the short-term, the shine quickly wears off. Many people in most countries think that money doesn't buy happiness, unless you earn more of it than your friends. And, within an individual country, the rich are happier than the poor.
调查发现随着经济的增长，人们的确会感到幸福，但是，这种感觉持续不了很长时间。大多数国家的人们认为金钱并不能带来幸福，除非你赚的比朋友多。只有一个国家的人认为富人比穷人幸福。

The theory was first coined in the 1970s by US researcher Richard Easterlin and became known as the Easterlin Paradox.
上个世纪70年代美国研究者理查德·伊斯特林创立了这项著名的“伊斯特林幸福悖论”。

With several recent studies challenging his conclusions, Professor Easterlin set out to see if the pattern still exists.
然而，最近他的结论正遭受挑战，伊斯特林教授开展此次调查就是为了验证这一理论在当下社会是否可行。