与美国相比,这个国家有更低廉的医疗保健服务,更聪明的孩子,更快乐的母亲,更好的工作条件,并非焦虑万状的失业人群以及更低的学生贷款利率。芬兰人和美国人在生活方式上也有很大不同:芬兰人的居住面积大约相当于美国人的一半,芬兰人对富人征的税(比如资本收益税)比美国高得多。(这也是为什么税收会占芬兰国内生产总值一大部分的原因。)在芬兰,医生等专业人士的收入比在美国低得多,这有助于医疗费用维持在合理的水平。 Compared with the United States, the country has cheaper health care services, smarter children, happier mothers and better working conditions than anxiety about the jobless population and lower student loan rates. Finns and Americans also differ greatly in their way of life: Finns live in roughly half the population of Americans, and Finns tax levies on the rich (such as capital gains tax) are much higher than in the United States. (That’s why taxes make up a large part of Finland’s GDP.) In Finland, professionals such as doctors earn far less than in the United States, helping to keep health costs at reasonable levels.