We began by speaking of Marx and his concern that workers were becoming alienated.

我们开始的时候讨论了马克思和他对工人群体被异化的担心。

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This may be because inequality provokes demands for regulations, trade sanctions, and other provisions that are inimical to growth, or it may be that workers in less equal societies are less productive because they feel alienated.

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