It is hard, at least for me, to envision alternative political arrangements or economic policies over the past fifty years that would have transferred any significant portion of the wealth of today’s rich nations to today’s poor nations.

至少对于我来说，很难设想在过去五十年中有什么其他政治制度或者经济政策可以将当今富有国家的财富主要部分转移到今天的穷国中。

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Anyway, there are limits to how much tax pressure the political system can apply to the ultra-rich.

无论如何，政治体系能够加在极端富裕群体身上的税收压力是有限度的。

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True, savings rates in emerging markets and oil-rich countries have been increasing since 1970, and especially in the last few years, but this has been offset by declining saving rates in advanced countries.

确实，新兴市场和富含石油的国家的储蓄率自二十世纪七十年代以来是上升的，但是它被发达国家下降的储蓄率抵消 了。

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We are very rich in orchids on the moor, though, of course, you are rather late to see the beauties of the place.”

在我们这片沼地上兰花很多，您显然是来得太迟了，已经看不到这里的美丽之处了。”

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

In rich countries, this does not mean rationing care based on age alone.

在富裕国家，这绝不意味将医疗资源单纯地按照年龄进行分配。

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For developing countries to continue to enjoy rapid economic growth, and for rich countries to avoid a slump caused, it will be necessary to develop new energy technologies.

为了让发展中国家继续享受快速的经济增长，也为了让富裕国家避免陷入衰退，开发新型能源技术变得十分必要。

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For three decades, the rich world has talked about curbing its addiction to imported oil.

三 十年来，富有国家一直在谈论限制其对进口石油的依赖。

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When we see political leaders in many rich countries pander to unions by bashing each other on free trade and immigration, there is every reason to worry about trouble ahead.

当我们看到富有国家中的许多政治领导人通过在自由贸易和移民问题上相互抨击对方而取悦于工会之时，人们就有理由担心今后的麻烦。

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In other words, Sweden became a rich country before its highly generous welfare-state arrangements were created.

换句话说，瑞典在建立非常慷慨的福利国家体系之前就已经是一个富国了。

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For rich countries, income redistribution is much better handled through taxes and benefits system, rather than by government edicts to strengthen unions.

对于富国而言，通过税收和福利制度可以更好地处理收入重新分配，而非通过政府法令来加强工会组织。

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So the G-8’s commitment could be honored, if rich countries cared to honor it.

所以，如果富有国家果真想要实现承诺，那么，八国集团的承诺是可以得到履行的。

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Other rich and middle-income countries, although typically spending only half what the US does today, won’t lag far behind.

其他富有和中等收入国家尽管现在一 般只花费美国的一半，也不会相差太远。

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Most galling, agriculture is a small and declining part of these “rich club” economies, and the richer and larger they are, the less significant agriculture is and the more resources are wasted on rural welfare.

最令人不平的是，农业对于这些“富人俱乐部”经济体而言是一个衰退中的、小的经济部门。这些国家越富裕、经济规模越大，农业也就越式微，而浪费在农业福利方 面的资源也就越多。

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Rich or poor, industrial or rural, we are all connected to the world’s diversity of life.

不论穷国还是富国、工业社会抑或农业社会，我们都与世界的生物多样性息息相关。

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