For starters, because relatively poor but large countries – India and especially China – were the engines of global growth, and were resource-hungry, world oil prices soared. This redistributed global income toward countries with a higher propensity to save: the oil-exporting countries.
首先，由于相对贫穷的大国——印度以及（特别是）中国——成为全球增长引擎，而它们渴望获得资源，这使得石油价格猛涨。这让全球收入向储蓄倾向更高的国家——石油出口国发生重新分配。