Over the past two years, academics, regulators, economists, and financial institutions have all linked the secular stagnation in demand with greater income inequality. It is ironic that, at a time when many in the developing world are entering, or aspire to enter, the emerging middle class, wealth in much of the developed world is becoming more concentrated at the top.
在过去两年中，学者、监管者、经济学家和金融机构都认为需求的长期停滞是拜收入不平等增加所赐。讽刺的是，在大量发展中世界公民正在步入或准备步入新兴中产阶级的同时，许多发达国家的财富日益向顶层集中。