金钱与幸福之间的关系

　　Most people don't compare themselves with an abstract national average. Messrs. Boyce and Moore decided to try to figure out how people compare themselves with their neighbors, colleagues at work or friends from college. The higher their rank, the greater their sense of happiness and self-worth would likely be.

　　大多数人不会拿自己和抽象的全国平均水平进行比较。博伊斯和摩尔决定设法弄清人们如何拿自己与左邻右舍、工作中的同事或大学时的朋友相比较。他们的排名越高，幸福感和自我价值意识也可能越强。

　　'For example, people might care about whether they are the second most highly paid person, or the eighth most highly paid person, in their comparison set,' write the authors.

　　作者写道，例如，人们可能会在意在进行比较的所有人中，他们的薪水究竟是排在第二位，还是排在第八位。