As a result of this dramatic flux there was a wholesale and merciless reshuffling of national wealth, which widened the gap between rich and poor, made it impossible for most people to afford their own homes and severely penalized those who had blindly invested in the stock market. These factors, along with ballooning consumer prices and a general sense of restless anxiety, seriously undermined the traditional work ethics of practicality and diligence.
暴起暴落間，是一場無形而殘酷的全民財富大洗牌，不僅造成貧富差距拉大、無住屋者難以翻身、盲目投資者損失慘重，而且物價飛漲、人心浮躁，以往踏實勤奮的工作倫理大受衝擊。