It would be one thing if the high incomes of those at the top were the result of greater contributions to society, but the Great Recession showed otherwise: even bankers who had led the global economy, as well as their own firms, to the brink of ruin, received outsize bonuses.
如果顶层的高收入来自更大的社会贡献，这倒也说得过去，但大衰退所展现的另外一幅图景：即使是银行家——他们毁掉了全球经济和所在公司——也获得了不菲的奖金。