According to a recent report on the aftermath of the 2008 crisis, prepared by Better Markets, an advocacy group that pushes for stronger financial reforms, the cost to the US economy of the financial crisis – caused by financial institutions’ reckless risk-taking – amounts to at least $12.8 trillion. A big part of this cost has come in the form of jobs lost and lives derailed for the bottom 47% of the American income distribution.
而损失是巨大的。据致力于推动更彻底金融改革的Better Market集团的最新2008年危机后果报告显示，美国经济因金融危机——由金融机构鲁莽的冒险行为引起——而蒙受的损失至少有12.8万亿美元。这笔损失中很大一部分转化为就业岗位的减少和处于收入分配底层47%的美国人的生活质量下降。