书本上说:The variable we want to focus on and compare either over time or across countries is output per person rather than output itself. The reason is the lower a country's output per capita, the lower the prices of food and basic services in that country. 并且书本中给出结论:各国的生活水平(或者说幸福指数)与各国人均GDP有一定程度上的正相关性。