This survey has argued that, to misquote Scott Fitzgerald, the middle class is different: meritocratic, thrifty, individualistic, committed to education.

把斯科特•菲茨杰拉德的原话加以修改的话，这份调查可以这么说，中产阶级异于他人：精英至上、勤俭节约、注重教育、亦不会人云亦云。

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The meritocratic assumption is that public provision of basic services, particularly education, does enough to counter this advantage to give everyone a reasonable start.

ECONOMIST: Less inequality does not need to mean less efficiency