In the advanced countries, the causes of rising inequality are still being debated. Automation and other technological changes, globalization, weaker trade unions, erosion of minimum wages, financialization, and changing norms about acceptable pay gaps within enterprises have all played a role, with different weights in the United States relative to Europe.
在发达国家，不平等程度增加的原因仍在争论中。自动化和其他技术变革、全球化、工会式微、最低工资的侵蚀、金融化和企业内部可接受薪酬差距范式的变化都起到了作用，只不过在美国的权重与在欧洲不同。