解读GDP的快乐含量

An Insight into Happy GDP

本文试图透过经济改革以来不少中国人伴随财富迅速增长的心理困惑,解读现代经济学留存至今的有关财富与快乐关系的谜题。本文的一个贡献是提出了“快乐GDP”概念,并结合现实例证刻画了衡量GDP快乐含量的实际意义。相对于人们普遍耳熟能详的“绿色GDP”、“干净GDP”等概念,“快乐GDP”更能体现人们从快速的经济增长当中所获取的实际福利增进水平。现实经济生活中人们之所以在拥有物质财富的同时不能获得与之相匹配的快乐,从表面看是个人的心理感受问题,而实际上却折射着经济改革时期社会信用的缺失景象。因此,提高GDP快乐含量的根本途径是,通过一定的制度安排和强化政府的作用构建支撑经济增长的社会信任基础。

The paper intends to explore the relationship between wealth and happiness from the perspective of modern economics. The concept of happy GDP is put forward and the implications of its measurement are illustrated. Compared with green and clean GDP, happy GDP can better reflect the level of welfare that people have gained from the rapid economic development. The conclusion is： The failure of rapid development to produce corresponding happiness during the reform period is a reflection of the lack of social credit rather than of individual psychology. Thus, the approach to raise happy GDP is to perfect the credit system.