We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off. Have you, in the past week, bought a bottle of water, a beer, or a coffee when tap water was available at no cost?
从我们已习以为常的富裕的水准上掉落，我们可能会感到痛苦，但大多数生活在发达国家的人们，按历史标准来衡量，他们仍然是非常富裕的。在过去一周里，当你明知自来水是免费供应的，你仍买过一瓶瓶装水、啤酒或咖啡吗？如果你买过，你要知道，对于世上最贫穷的10亿人来说，这是一种他们负担不起的奢侈行为，因为他们的一整天的生活费就是你买一瓶饮料的钱。