Now, however, the economic tumult shaking Europe, the erosion of the middle class in the West, and the growing social inequalities worldwide are undermining capitalism’s claim to universal triumph. Hard questions are being asked: Is capitalism as we know it doomed?
然而，如今，经济动荡困扰的欧洲，西方中产阶级的衰落以及全世界不断恶化的不平等性问题正在破坏资本主义夺取全面胜利的基础。人们提出了诸多尖锐的问题：我们所熟知的资本主义注定要失败吗？市场不再能够制造繁荣了吗？中国的国家资本主义大旗将取而代之吗？