作者在書的最後一部分討論了問題的症結，指出，要解決問題的關鍵是提高中產階級的購買力，增加富人的稅收，消除貧富差距。曆史上對富人的稅率曾高達70%-90%以上，而自1987年以來，這個稅率卻一直在40%(25%-39%)以下，很多有錢人的稅率隻有15%，因為他們收入主要來源是capital gain。增加富人稅收，以此加大教育力度，增加中產階級職業培訓等，以求從根本改變現狀。這種做法並非"殺肥牛" ("kill the cow") ，並非羅賓漢似的均貧富、殺富濟貧( a Robin Hood-like redistribution)，而隻是把原來太傾向於富人的天平擺正一點，讓大家在一個平等的機製中競爭，從而消除貧富差距，避免頭重腳輕的財富聚集造成政治變革，社會動亂。
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.
回複 'Once-always' 的評論 : Oncemm好!過獎啦，我知識麵窄的，這就是一篇相當於翻譯的書評。是的，書中也提到中國的兩級分化，中國也一樣麵臨著這樣的問題，也一定想過"均貧富"的。mm在華爾街做，感受一定更深，redistribution如果不可能，那麽隻有其他出路了。Behavioral research shows that losses are more painful than gains are pleasurable.已經得到的東西，失去它的痛苦遠遠大於得到時的快樂，人不會輕易放棄的。祝Oncemm節日快樂!
Robert B.Reich的觀點還停留在唯意識形態對立的老思路上，他不能解釋根本問題。社會主義已經脫離了生產資源公有製與計劃經濟的範疇；資本主義也不再是以前的擁有工廠的資本家，從而西方出現福利社會。社會發展呈現出，由以前的簡單線性過渡到現代的複雜非線性。它需要社會有較強的協調能力。這在哲學上提出新挑戰，而西方根本沒有認識到。這種哲學上需求的整體觀與動態觀，使得計劃經濟與自由經濟成為兩個極端。人類已經真正地進入協調經濟的時代。而美國還停留在唯意識形態的束縛下。更不幸的是，在人性惡的文化下，小政府的體製，與有限責任的權力組合在這個時代特征下，是自取其短。真正的社會主義，是協調各種矛盾，使得其能不極端。真理從來不在口號上，而在人如何做每一件事上。
康賽歐 發表評論於
美帝在世界的霸權地位在減弱，問題出在自己，與他人無關。謝謝分享！
哈瑞 發表評論於
刮目相看暖冬！
通過稅收實現社會財富的再分配。
克林頓總統後期美國財政免除了赤字。
菲兒天地 發表評論於
讚暖冬的時政書評！作者今年出了一本新書： “The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It“。這位前勞工部長是加州大學伯克利分校的教授，朋友的孩子上過他的課。
作者在書的最後一部分討論了問題的症結，指出，要解決問題的關鍵是提高中產階級的購買力，增加富人的稅收，消除貧富差距。曆史上對富人的稅率曾高達70%-90%以上，而自1987年以來，這個稅率卻一直在40%(25%-39%)以下，很多有錢人的稅率隻有15%，因為他們收入主要來源是capital gain。增加富人稅收，以此加大教育力度，增加中產階級職業培訓等，以求從根本改變現狀。這種做法並非"殺肥牛" ("kill the cow") ，並非羅賓漢似的均貧富、殺富濟貧( a Robin Hood-like redistribution)，而隻是把原來太傾向於富人的天平擺正一點，讓大家在一個平等的機製中競爭，從而消除貧富差距，避免頭重腳輕的財富聚集造成政治變革，社會動亂。
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.
