Lower down the economic scale, most people, though enjoying easy access to technology and low prices, have lost ground, with real wages falling for many years. This is not a temporary decline: labor in advanced Western economies can no longer command a large wage premium, and workers’ situation may worsen further.
在他们之下，大部分人尽管享受着便捷而廉价的技术，却在节节败退，真实工资下降之势已经持续多年。这不是暂时性的下降：发达西方经济体的劳动力已不再能够要求巨大的工资溢价，工人处境也有可能进一步恶化。