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加拿大最新的研究显示，该国富翁都患上了"富裕病"，担心子孙后代变得游手好闲、好逸恶劳。
Canada's wealthiest citizens fear that their children will become lazy and squander the money they've earned, according to a study released this week.

加拿大最新的研究显示，该国富翁都患上了"富裕病"，担心子孙后代变得游手好闲、好逸恶劳。

据路透社3月9日报道，加拿大Sensus研究公司近日公布的一项研究结果显示，该国最富有的人群非常担心其子女变得游手好闲，且将他们毕生积蓄的财富挥霍一空。

在这项名为"超级富豪的财产与观点"的研究中，调查人员对165名净资产总额超过1000万加元（约合490万英镑）的加拿大人进行了问卷调查。调查结果显示，将近四分之一的人承认他们目前深受"富裕病"（affluenza）的折磨。"富裕病"一词通常被用来形容那些总是担心其后代因家庭富有而丧失劳动美德的富豪们。调查人员表示："这些人对自己的后代总是显得不放心。他们最担忧的是，在这些孩子身上到底还能具备多少劳动美德。"

研究人员指出，很多加拿大富豪都专门成立了家族基金会，但家族基金会的职能就是不停的给钱，它只是有助于把财产逐步给予或是完全转移到孩子们手中。由于它的存在，下一代人从挥霍财产又变为了自私的占有财产。有专家指出，富翁为确保自己的财产得到合理使用，他们更愿意将钱交给信托机构或者用于公司投资。

调查还发现，三分之一的被调查者为如何才能长久保持自己固有的生活方式而倍感烦恼。但在这些富翁中，有超过半数的人去年的慈善捐款数额达到了10万加元至50万加元，而捐款超过100万加元者所占的比例为5％。

（国际在线独家资讯 张咏）

Canada's wealthiest citizens fear that their children will become lazy and squander the money they've earned, according to a study released this week.

Almost one quarter of respondents to a Sensus Research Inc. survey admitted they suffer from "affluenza," a term used to describe wealthy people who worry that their children or grandchildren will lose their work ethic because their family is rich.

The report, entitled "Values and views of ultra-affluent individuals," questioned 165 Canadians with a net worth of more than C$10 million (4.9 million pounds) about issues related to their wealth.

"People are very much worried about their kids and as to how much of a work ethic they'll have," said Thane Stenner, a senior partner at wealth management advisers T. Stenner Group., which commissioned the report.

Noting that many wealthy Canadians had set up a family foundation to tackle this, he added: "A family foundation is about giving money...it assists in permeating or transferring values. It unlocks the next generation from spending money just for self purposes."

Kurt Rosentreter, a senior financial advisor at Toronto-based Berkshire Securities Inc., said the ultra-wealthy prefer using trusts or holding companies to ensure their money is spent wisely.

"Most of the rich are pretty responsible," said Rosentreter, who specializes in advising wealthy Canadians and has written six books on the topic. "There's always a portion that has grown up with a silver spoon and need some guidance...but I don't think you can generalize."

The survey also found that a third of the respondents worried about how they would maintain their lifestyle.

But more than half had made charitable donations of between C$100,000 and C$500,000 in the last year, while 5 percent had made donations of more than C$1 million.

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