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Polls find that few consider income inequality a top issue. Asked by Gallup what worries them the most about the economy, people

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问题     Polls find that few consider income inequality a top issue. Asked by Gallup what worries them the most about the economy, people list jobs and the national debt far above the gap between rich and poor.
    Of course, people might be fooling themselves—a position some economists have taken. Plenty of research finds that humans view life according to where we land in the heap.
    If happiness stems, in part, from where we stand in our reference group, why not change reference groups? Choose the right reference group, and you can have any status you want—and coming out on top is easier than you might think.
    In a famous study by economists Sara Solnick and David Hemenway, people were asked whether they’d prefer to earn $ 50,000 in a situation where others were earning $ 25,000, or earn $ 100,000 when others earned $ 200,000. Half of people chose the first situation, even though $ 100,000 is—objectively—more than $ 50,000. You could do a lot of ego-comforting for that extra cash. But humans are social creatures. It is not enough to be well off. We want to be better off than other people.
    It might be human nature to compare ourselves with those who have more, and thus feel as if we’re somehow behind. But it’s just as easy to compare ourselves with those who have less. Indeed, it’s easier, because there are a lot more of them.
    There are now 7 billion people on this planet. The median net worth of the world, according to 2011 statistics from Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report, was about $4,200 per adult. Tne median net worth for adults in the USA was almost $ 53,000.
    Of course, if that makes you feel rich, why just limit the reference group to people living now? The Population Reference Bureau estimates that in the 50,000-plus year course of human history, about 108 billion people have walked on this planet. During much of this time, people died of illnesses we now shrug off. If we worry about obesity (肥胖) rather than starvation, and worry about it in the comfort of our heated houses, We have it pretty good. Look at.a few people and feel poor, or look at most of humanity and feel rich. If we want to feel blessed, rather than unhappy, the right answer is pretty clear.
According to Gallup, people believe______.
选项 A、jobs and the national debt are more important to economy
B、the gap between rich and poor is the most serious problem
C、jobs and the national debt worry them the most
D、income inequality has little influence on economy
答案C
解析 事实细节题。定位句提出，在Gallup关于最令人担心的经济问题的调查中，人们把工作和国债放在贫富差距之上。由此可知，人们最担心的就是工作和国债问题，故C)正确。A)“工作和国债对于经济最重要”是对原文的错误理解，原文只提到了人们担心这一问题，却没有说这一问题对经济有重要作用或影响，故排除；B)“贫富差距是最严重的问题”和原文表述相反，故排除；D)“收入不均对经济影响很小”并未在原文中提及，故排除。
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