现今美国贫富分化状况及原因分析

America's Income Polarization and Its Causes

从官方的数据来看 ,90年代中期以后 ,70年代以来一直处于不断恶化中的美国贫富分化状况呈现出两种不同的发展趋势 :一方面 ,中低收入者在收入和财富分配阶梯中的相对地位稳中有升 ,收入和财富的不平等有所缓解 ;另一方面 ,占人口极少数的最富裕者的收入和财富增速远超其他人群。本文认为 ,这两种趋势并不矛盾 。

Deteriorating generally since the 1970s, the division in American society between the rich and the poor has shown two different trends of development after the mid 1990s according to official sources. On the one hand, the relative position of middle and lower income citizens on the echelon of income and distribution has been stable with a slight rise, and the inequality of income and wealth is alleviated. On the other hand, the income and wealth of the richest citizens, who are a tiny minority of the population, are increasing at a speed far higher than those of other citizens. The author holds that the two trends are not contradictory to each other and both are the result of the economic prosperity and the change in the government's economic policies.