There was an enormous disparity between the income and wealth of the top and bottom classes of society in the early days of the 20th century, as there is today, another era of boisterous global trade.

• 20世纪早期，社会顶层与底层在其收入和财富数量上就存在巨大的差距。如今，伴随着又一轮全球贸易的强劲势头，情况亦是如此。