作者在书的最后一部分讨论了问题的症结，指出，要解决问题的关键是提高中产阶级的购买力，增加富人的税收，消除贫富差距。历史上对富人的税率曾高达70%-90%以上，而自1987年以来，这个税率却一直在40%(25%-39%)以下，很多有钱人的税率只有15%，因为他们收入主要来源是capital gain。增加富人税收，以此加大教育力度，增加中产阶级职业培训等，以求从根本改变现状。这种做法并非"杀肥牛" ("kill the cow") ，并非罗宾汉似的均贫富、杀富济贫( a Robin Hood-like redistribution)，而只是把原来太倾向于富人的天平摆正一点，让大家在一个平等的机制中竞争，从而消除贫富差距，避免头重脚轻的财富聚集造成政治变革，社会动乱。
The economic game was not played on a level field. It was tilted in favor of those with the most wealth and power.
For Eccles, widening inequality was the main culprit.
From it (the Great Recession) will emerge either a political backlash—against trade, immigration, foreign investment, big business, Wall Street, and government itself—or large-scale reforms that reverse the underlying trend.
Happiness diminishes rapidly after the first flush of acquisitive excitement. The second piece of pie never tastes quite as good as the first.
The feared collapse never came.
Pent-up demand/anger
Decorously dubbed it
Magnanimously
None of us could prosper unless prosperity was widely shared.
Stumbling over my words,
Reach the pinnacle of power
From you-can-count-on-it pensions to do-it-yourself 401K.
The argument is bunk. It equates the stock market with the economy, and turns a blind eye to the revocation of the basic bargain.
Many American wallets bulged with dozens of cards, all amassing larger and larger debt loads.
Trumpet the fact
Absent their spending, companies have less incentive to buy new equipment…
Creating a great gush of new jobs
Cerebral cortex of our national consciousness
Nanotechnologies
Virtuous/vicious cycle
Immigrants who live off our hard work
History teaches us that politics is inextricably bound up with economics
Break the back of inflation/economy
As economy teetered precariously on the edge of a precipice.
According to common stereotypes, the French draw deep satisfaction from good food and wine, the Germans from music, the English from their parks, and American from shopping.
Behavioral research shows that losses are more painful than gains are pleasurable.
Where many people seem to get almost as much satisfaction from paying real money for “virtual” goods—tiny icons representing designer clothes or fancy cars
The (Wall) Street is where the money is, and money buys campaign commercials on television. It is difficult to hold people accountable for bad behavior while simultaneously asking them for money.
It buys his mind.
The point is that a staggering amount of money from big corporations, executives and other wealthy individuals lies like a thick fog over the nation’s capital, enveloping everyone and everything.
Deafening silence
And because politics abhors a vacuum almost as much as nature does
Directed at bringing down the rich than at bringing everyone else up.
Brought the crowd to its feet
Work like mad and enjoy life to the fullest
Became a cauldron of insult and rage
Incendiary speeches
A society riven by resentment is potentially unstable
Whose fire chief succeeds in protecting the biggest office buildings but leaves smaller fires simmering all over town.
Allay their concerns
The lopsidedness not only diminishes economic growth but also tears at the fabric of our society.
回复 'Once-always' 的评论 : Oncemm好!过奖啦，我知识面窄的，这就是一篇相当于翻译的书评。是的，书中也提到中国的两级分化，中国也一样面临着这样的问题，也一定想过"均贫富"的。mm在华尔街做，感受一定更深，redistribution如果不可能，那么只有其他出路了。Behavioral research shows that losses are more painful than gains are pleasurable.已经得到的东西，失去它的痛苦远远大于得到时的快乐，人不会轻易放弃的。祝Oncemm节日快乐!
Robert B.Reich的观点还停留在唯意识形态对立的老思路上，他不能解释根本问题。社会主义已经脱离了生产资源公有制与计划经济的范畴；资本主义也不再是以前的拥有工厂的资本家，从而西方出现福利社会。社会发展呈现出，由以前的简单线性过渡到现代的复杂非线性。它需要社会有较强的协调能力。这在哲学上提出新挑战，而西方根本没有认识到。这种哲学上需求的整体观与动态观，使得计划经济与自由经济成为两个极端。人类已经真正地进入协调经济的时代。而美国还停留在唯意识形态的束缚下。更不幸的是，在人性恶的文化下，小政府的体制，与有限责任的权力组合在这个时代特征下，是自取其短。真正的社会主义，是协调各种矛盾，使得其能不极端。真理从来不在口号上，而在人如何做每一件事上。
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美帝在世界的霸权地位在减弱，问题出在自己，与他人无关。谢谢分享！
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刮目相看暖冬！
通过税收实现社会财富的再分配。
克林顿总统后期美国财政免除了赤字。
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赞暖冬的时政书评！作者今年出了一本新书： “The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It“。这位前劳工部长是加州大学伯克利分校的教授，朋友的孩子上过他的课。
作者在书的最后一部分讨论了问题的症结，指出，要解决问题的关键是提高中产阶级的购买力，增加富人的税收，消除贫富差距。历史上对富人的税率曾高达70%-90%以上，而自1987年以来，这个税率却一直在40%(25%-39%)以下，很多有钱人的税率只有15%，因为他们收入主要来源是capital gain。增加富人税收，以此加大教育力度，增加中产阶级职业培训等，以求从根本改变现状。这种做法并非"杀肥牛" ("kill the cow") ，并非罗宾汉似的均贫富、杀富济贫( a Robin Hood-like redistribution)，而只是把原来太倾向于富人的天平摆正一点，让大家在一个平等的机制中竞争，从而消除贫富差距，避免头重脚轻的财富聚集造成政治变革，社会动乱。
The economic game was not played on a level field. It was tilted in favor of those with the most wealth and power.
For Eccles, widening inequality was the main culprit.
From it (the Great Recession) will emerge either a political backlash—against trade, immigration, foreign investment, big business, Wall Street, and government itself—or large-scale reforms that reverse the underlying trend.
Happiness diminishes rapidly after the first flush of acquisitive excitement. The second piece of pie never tastes quite as good as the first.
The feared collapse never came.
Pent-up demand/anger
Decorously dubbed it
Magnanimously
None of us could prosper unless prosperity was widely shared.
Stumbling over my words,
Reach the pinnacle of power
From you-can-count-on-it pensions to do-it-yourself 401K.
The argument is bunk. It equates the stock market with the economy, and turns a blind eye to the revocation of the basic bargain.
Many American wallets bulged with dozens of cards, all amassing larger and larger debt loads.
Trumpet the fact
Absent their spending, companies have less incentive to buy new equipment…
Creating a great gush of new jobs
Cerebral cortex of our national consciousness
Nanotechnologies
Virtuous/vicious cycle
Immigrants who live off our hard work
History teaches us that politics is inextricably bound up with economics
Break the back of inflation/economy
As economy teetered precariously on the edge of a precipice.
According to common stereotypes, the French draw deep satisfaction from good food and wine, the Germans from music, the English from their parks, and American from shopping.
Behavioral research shows that losses are more painful than gains are pleasurable.
Where many people seem to get almost as much satisfaction from paying real money for “virtual” goods—tiny icons representing designer clothes or fancy cars
The (Wall) Street is where the money is, and money buys campaign commercials on television. It is difficult to hold people accountable for bad behavior while simultaneously asking them for money.
It buys his mind.
The point is that a staggering amount of money from big corporations, executives and other wealthy individuals lies like a thick fog over the nation’s capital, enveloping everyone and everything.
Deafening silence
And because politics abhors a vacuum almost as much as nature does
Directed at bringing down the rich than at bringing everyone else up.
Brought the crowd to its feet
Work like mad and enjoy life to the fullest
Became a cauldron of insult and rage
Incendiary speeches
A society riven by resentment is potentially unstable
Whose fire chief succeeds in protecting the biggest office buildings but leaves smaller fires simmering all over town.
Allay their concerns
The lopsidedness not only diminishes economic growth but also tears at the fabric of our society.
