But the recession is already undoing some of the rise in inequality as the capital gains, bonuses and Wall Street profits that fuelled much of the gains in top incomes turn to dust.

• 资本收益、红利和华尔街盈利是收入最高人群的利润来源，但是由于经济衰退，这些利润消失殆尽，渐渐在消除部分不平等的增长。