WASHINGTON, DC – As evidence mounts that income inequality is increasing in many parts of the world, the problem has received growing attention from academics and policymakers. In the United States, for example, the income share of the top 1% of the population has more than doubled since the late 1970’s, from about 8% of annual GDP to more than 20% recently, a level not reached since the 1920’s.
华盛顿—越来越多的证据表明，不平等性正在世界诸多国家加剧，这一问题也随之引起了学者和政客的越来越多的关注。比如，在美国，最顶端的1%人口占收入的比例比20世纪70年代末翻了一番多，从年GDP的8%上升为目前的20%以上，上一次达到如此程度还是在20世纪20年代。