This is troubling for the poor and the middle class, since homes represent a greater share of their wealth.

由于住宅在个人财产中的份额很大，这就给穷人和中产阶级制造了麻烦。

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During the past 15 years a new middle class has sprung up in emerging markets, producing a silent revolution in human affairs-a revolution of wealth-creation and new aspirations.

过去15年来，一个全新的中产阶层开始在新兴市场国家迅速成长起来，为人类事业上带来了一场无声的变革——关于财富创造和全新愿望的变革。

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A 2010 Pew study showed that the typical middle-class family had lost 23 percent of its wealth since the recession began, versus just 12 percent in the upper class.

一份2010年皮尤(译注：皮尤研究中心)研究报告表明，从衰退开始，典型的中产阶级家庭已经损失了23%的财富，与此相对应的是上层阶级仅损失了12%。

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It also can be said, however, that relative to current and recently lowered expectations of future wealth for the middle class, this is probably offering a higher percentage of redistribution than was the case a few years ago or for that matter during the pre-Thatcher British welfare state.

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Median figures strip out the extremes of wealth and poverty, and are a better reflection of a typical, middle-class household.

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If the very rich can use their power to monopolize wealth today and a prosperous middle class disappears, then the disappearance of demand will force even the wealthiest to suffer a sharply reduced style of life.

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