The coming generation will be one of massive downward mobility for many Americans. The political struggles that this generates will determine whether America will move more closely to the social democratic norm for developed countries, or find some way to accept and rationalize its existence as a country of high economic risk and deep divisions of income and wealth.
美国的下一代将会是替大部分美国人承受“整体下流”的一代。由此产生的政治斗争将会决定，美国究竟是越来越靠近其他发达国家的社会民主制度规范，还是另辟蹊径，找寻能承受美国的高经济风险和悬殊的贫富收入差距，并合理地解决这一问题的办法。