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1、WhyAreConservativesHappierThanLiberals?SUMMARYHowdofeelingsaboutideologyandeconomicinequalityaffectaperson'shappiness?AspartofhisreportingofMakingSen$eoffinancialnews,economicscorrespondentPaulSolmanexplorestheconnectionandaskssomeliberalsatOccupyDCandconservativesattheAmerican
2、EnterpriseInstitutetogradetheirownhappiness.TranscriptJEFFREYBROWN:Andfinallytonight,howdoyourfeelingsabouteconomicinequalityimpactyoursenseofhappiness?NewsHoureconomicscorrespondentPaulSolmanfindsout.It'spartofhisregularreportingonMakingSenseoffinancialnews.PAULSOLMAN:Howhappy
3、areyou,scaleofonetofour,onenotatallhappy,fourveryhappy?LORISANDERS,AmericanEnterpriseInstitute:I'mafour.PAULSOLMAN:Afour?LORISANDERS:I'mveryhappy.PAULSOLMAN:LoriSandersworksattheconservativeWashingtonthinktanktheAmericanEnterpriseInstitute.Afewblocksaway,OccupyD.C.erEricisonthe
4、moreliberalendofthespectrum.Whatnumberwouldyougiveyourself?MAN:Aone.PAULSOLMAN:Areyouunhappy,doyouthink,becauseoftheinequality,economicinequalityinthiscountry?MAN:Well,yes.PAULSOLMAN:Studyafterstudy,itturnsout,findsconservativeshappierthanliberals.YalesocialpsychologistJaimeNap
5、ierhasatheoryastowhy.6JAIMENAPIER,YaleUniversity:Economicinequalityreallydoesaffectpeople'ssubjectivewell-being.PAULSOLMAN:Napier'sworkhasconvincedherconservativesarehappierthanliberalsbecausetheythinkthere'sequalityofopportunityinAmerica.JAIMENAPIER:Oneofthebiggestcorrelateswi
6、thhappinessinoursurveyswasthebeliefofameritocracy,whichisthebeliefthatanybodywhoworkshardcanmakeit.Thatwasthebiggestpredictorofhappiness.Thatwasalsooneofthebiggestpredictorsofpoliticalideology.So,theconservativesweremuchhigheronthesemeritocraticbeliefsthanliberalswere.PAULSOLMA
7、N:LiberalslikethefolkswefoundatOccupyD.C.,whodon'tthinktheopportunitiesoutthereareequalthesedays.Theirmessageisclear:Thesystemisnotfair.WOMAN:EverybodyhereatthisOccupymovementisherebecausetheyhavehadenough.So,they'reangry.Andchancesare,youknow,peoplehereareveryunhappywiththeway
8、thatoursocietyworks.WOMAN:Ibelievethatthingsshouldbeeq
