Many aver the happiness of citizens of a developed country will not increase even if state’s economic wealth keeps growing steadily. I agree with this prospect and below the reasons on which my stance is based will be discussed in details.
Firstly, if the results of economic growth are shared equally among folks, the feeling of joyfulness may not be affected by the additional gain because the standards of living in the country are already high and alterations in the quality of life are not seen as important or even desirable. To illustrate, a person is paid three thousand dollars per month and he spends monthly ten hundred dollars on living; consequently, the additional increase in his salary will mean that more money will be put on a bank account.
Secondly, those who inhabit prosperous countries frequently have had all needed conditions for having a decent life since they had been born. Interestingly, psychological and sociological studies that were conducted in Germany, Spain, Italy, Norway, France and Japan indicate the majority of citizens in those states are unhappy; moreover, the researchers manage to demonstrate that an economic growth does not lead to feeling joy. The scientists speculate the absence of a necessity to fight for resources and to struggle to achieve goals makes lives of the interviewees purposeless and meaningless; those emotions create unhappiness.
Finally, in some rich countries, the results of an economic success are not distributed among people fairly. Sometimes, the additional resources are being focused in hands and pockets of a small group of elite and this situation creates a chasm between the wealthy and the rest of the population; and those who do get nothing become unhappy and dissatisfied. The current political situation in the UK and the USA with regular riots and protests may exemplify this claim nicely.
In my opinion, growing wealth in already rich country will not make people happier but could fill their lives with discontent and negative feelings, in particular, if the results of the growth are not allocated equally among citizens
Many
aver the happiness of citizens of a developed
country
will not increase even if state’s
economic
wealth
keeps
growing
steadily
. I
agree
with this prospect and below the reasons on which my stance
is based
will
be discussed
in
details
.
Firstly
, if the results of
economic
growth
are shared
equally
among folks, the feeling of joyfulness may not be
affected
by the additional gain
because
the standards of living in the
country
are already high and alterations in the quality of life are not
seen
as
important
or even desirable. To illustrate, a person
is paid
three thousand dollars per
month and
he spends monthly ten hundred dollars on living;
consequently
, the additional increase in his salary will mean that more money will
be put
on a bank account.
Secondly
, those who inhabit prosperous
countries
frequently
have had all needed conditions for having a decent life since they had
been born
.
Interestingly
, psychological and sociological studies that
were conducted
in Germany, Spain, Italy, Norway, France and Japan indicate the majority of citizens in those states are unhappy;
moreover
, the researchers manage to demonstrate that an
economic
growth does not lead to feeling joy. The scientists speculate the absence of a necessity to fight for resources and to struggle to achieve goals
makes
lives
of the interviewees purposeless and meaningless; those emotions create unhappiness.
Finally
, in
some
rich
countries
, the results of an
economic
success are not distributed among
people
fairly
.
Sometimes
, the additional resources are
being focused
in hands and pockets of a
small
group of elite and this situation creates a chasm between the wealthy and the rest of the population; and those who do
get
nothing become unhappy and dissatisfied. The
current
political situation in the UK and the USA with regular riots and protests may exemplify this claim
nicely
.
In my opinion, growing wealth in already rich
country
will not
make
people
happier
but
could fill their
lives
with discontent and
negative
feelings,
in particular
, if the results of the growth are not allocated
equally
among citizens