Growing income inequality in most countries before the Great Recession only made matters worse, by reducing household savings and increasing credit for consumption and asset purchases, rather than augmenting investment in new economic capacity.
在大多数国家，大萧条之前的收入不平等日益增长的唯一结果是让事态进一步恶化了，因为这削减了家庭储蓄，增加了消费和资产购买行为的信用，而没有增加提升经济产能的投资。