????上述蓋勒普（Gallup）調(diào)查顯示，美國人對于經(jīng)濟的悲觀情緒清楚地顯示為上升趨勢。

????爭論的一方認為資本主義導(dǎo)致不平等加劇，正如皮凱蒂在書中聲稱的那樣。而另一方則認為，資本主義導(dǎo)致不平等減弱，正如經(jīng)濟學(xué)家們一度認為的那樣。這樣的爭論自有其意義。但大多數(shù)美國人考慮的是，他們能否感覺到自己變得更富裕，是否有公平的機會獲得財富和保障。數(shù)據(jù)清楚地顯示，當(dāng)前經(jīng)濟增長的好處被最富有的人占盡，其他美國人還在為支付教育、醫(yī)療和養(yǎng)老費用發(fā)愁。

????在這樣的背景下，決策者們需要決定如何制定未來可持續(xù)的財富分配制度，富人必須決定將多少錢交給慈善，企業(yè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人必須決定給工人付多少工資。關(guān)于財富集中趨勢的小小分歧，很難影響到這些決定。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：早稻米

????The above Gallup poll shows a clear trend of growing pessimism among Americans about the economy.

????Debates over whether or not capitalism leads to increasing inequality, as Piketty asserts in his book, or leads to decreasing inequality, as economists had once thought, are worthwhile. But most Americans are simply concerned with whether they can feel themselves getting richer and if they have a fair shot at prosperity and security. The data clearly show that economic growth right now is being captured by the very rich, while the rest of the country is struggling to figure out how to pay for education, healthcare, and retirement.

????It's against this backdrop that policy makers need to decide how to make entitlement programs sustainable going forward, that the wealthy must decide how much of their money to give to charity, and that business leaders must decide how much to pay their workers. It's difficult to see how small disagreements over trends in wealth concentration could affect these decisions.