In this text about the relationship between money and happiness some words have been replaced by the names of vegetables .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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