But a peek at the numbers behind the numbers suggests that Mr Krugman has been misled: far from a new Gilded Age, America is experiencing a period of unprecedented material equality.

• 但是看一看数字后面所隐藏的内容你就会发现，克鲁曼错了：美国正在经历前所未有的物质平等时代，而绝不是新的镀金时代。