Money can buy happiness, up to a point	錕斤拷錕斤拷錕叫撅拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷越錕斤拷越錕揭革拷
A large stack of US banknotes. Academics from Pennsylvania State and Harvard University have published research that shows that money can buy happiness. (AFP) Can money buy happiness? Yes, claim the authors of a new study -- but only up to a point . Psychology has shown that richer people generally rank the overall quality of their lives more favorably than poorer people do. At the same time, their actual happiness seems to be motivated less by their ability to buy more than by being able to keep up with those with comparable resources in their own age group. "Our findings point to the possibility that, rather than promoting overall happiness, continued income growth could promote an ongoing consumption race where individuals have to consume more and more, just to maintain a constant level of happiness," writes Glenn Firebaugh of Pennsylvania State University. The study was presented at the American Sociological Association's 100th Annual Meeting. Whether the affluent are happier as a whole than their less well-to-do counterparts is becoming an increasingly hot topic for debate. In recent years, much has been written regarding the "science of happiness." Richer people are happier because money can purchase goods and services and it is the consumption of these materials that increases one's enjoyment of life and one's sense of well-being. As incomes in the U.S. tend to rise over the course of our lifetimes, individuals may find themselves on a sort of treadmill , consuming more and more just to maintain a constant level of happiness, they write. Firebaugh and his colleagues measured the age, total family income, and general happiness of individuals aged 20 to 64, generally considered the working life span for most Americans. Regardless of such criteria as physical health, education, and marital status, people's happiness was affected by what others earned. The higher the income of others in one's age group, the lower one's happiness.    (Agencies)	錕斤拷錢錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕揭革拷錕斤拷錕杰ｏ拷錕斤拷只錕斤拷錕斤拷一錕斤拷錕教度革拷錕斤拷錕角達拷錕斤拷錕揭革拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷芯錕斤拷呔錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕矯籌拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕僥斤拷錕桔★拷 錕斤拷錕斤拷學錕叫撅拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錢錕剿訛拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕酵�锟藉K斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕揭�锟竭″K餃伙拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕絞碉拷希錕斤拷錕斤拷錕街�锟藉K斤拷愿械錕斤拷腋錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕轎�锟郊s錕斤拷錕角�锟藉K斤拷錕潔東錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷為錕皆鹼拷錕斤拷同錕斤拷錕剿詫拷錕斤拷錕潔當錕斤拷 錕斤拷錕斤拷錕角的鳳拷錕街憋拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕接碉拷錕斤拷錕誡并沒錕斤拷使錕斤拷錕角感碉拷錕斤拷錕揭革拷錕斤拷錕斤拷只錕斤拷使錕斤拷錕斤拷投錕誡到一錕斤拷錕斤拷錕秸持久碉拷錕斤拷錕窖撅拷錕斤拷錕叫ｏ拷每錕斤拷錕剿訛拷錕斤拷錕矯詫拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕角�去锟藉K斤拷眩錕斤拷錕斤拷錕轎�锟藉K轎�锟藉K斤拷錕斤拷械錕斤拷腋錕斤拷小錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷員錕較︼拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕窖э拷母錕斤拷住錕斤拷貧錕斤拷錕斤拷詒錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕叫達拷錕斤拷錕? 錕斤拷錕斤拷芯錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷學協錕斤拷錕?00錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷 錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錢錕斤拷錕角鳳拷錕斤拷謀取錕斤拷錕斤拷錕角★拷錕斤拷錕揭革拷錕窖撅拷錕斤拷為一錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕芥激錕揭的伙拷錕解。錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷輳�锟叫关″K斤拷腋錕斤拷錕窖э拷錕斤拷錕斤拷芯錕斤拷錕斤拷虜錕斤拷錕斤拷錕筋。 錕斤拷錢錕斤拷通錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷腋錕斤拷錕斤拷錕轎�锟藉K斤拷錕斤拷錕角�锟藉K斤拷錚�锟藉K斤拷芨錕斤拷址錕斤拷錕斤拷錕叫╋拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕絞癸拷錕斤拷塹錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷趣錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕角撅拷錕斤拷錕皆鹼拷錕斤拷錕揭革拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕街★拷 錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷一錕斤拷錕叫ｏ拷錕斤拷錕角碉拷錕斤拷錕斤拷岵伙拷錕斤拷錕斤拷櫻錕斤拷錕斤拷腔岱�锟藉K斤拷約錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷懿錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷懿錕揭伙拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕角�越锟藉K皆斤拷啵�只锟藉K轎�锟剿卞K斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷械錕斤拷腋錕斤拷小錕? 錕斤拷錕階★拷錕狡訛拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷同錕斤拷錕角訛拷20錕疥到64錕斤拷牟錕酵�锟藉K餃猴拷錕斤拷錕斤拷洹�锟藉K酵ワ拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕揭革拷錕叫斤拷錕斤拷錕剿碉拷錕介。錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷通錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷為錕角達拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕揭伙拷錕斤拷脅渭庸錕斤拷錕斤拷錕絞憋拷洹? 錕斤拷錕斤拷錕叫很訛拷錕斤拷錕斤拷腋錕斤拷謀錕階鹼拷錕斤拷錕斤拷紓猴拷錕斤拷褰★拷錕斤拷錕斤拷芙錕斤拷錕階達拷錕斤拷突錕斤拷錕階達拷錕斤拷錕斤拷腋錕斤拷謝錕斤拷艿錕斤拷錕轎э拷說錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷影錕屆。錕皆鹼拷錕斤拷錕斤拷群錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷錕剿碉拷錕斤拷錕斤拷越錕竭ｏ拷錕斤拷錕皆斤拷錕斤拷錕斤拷贅械錕斤拷腋錕斤拷錕?BR> 錕斤拷錕叫癸拷錕秸憋拷錕斤拷站 薛錕斤拷錕斤拷錕誡）