美國政策研究所的一項(xiàng)分析顯示,，約1.60億美國人的財(cái)富加起來才抵得上比爾·蓋茨、杰夫·貝佐斯和沃倫·巴菲特,。

該智囊機(jī)構(gòu)在名為《億萬富翁財(cái)源》（Billionaire Bonanza）的報(bào)告中指出,，美國貧富差距不斷拉大是一場“道德危機(jī)”,。它還警告說,，特朗普政府提出的稅務(wù)政策只會(huì)讓貧富變得更加懸殊,，因?yàn)?%的最富有家庭得到了80%的稅收優(yōu)惠。

報(bào)告作者之一,、經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家查克·柯林斯認(rèn)為,，鑒于貧富差距擴(kuò)大，“現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該采取行動(dòng)縮小這種差距,，而不是給極富裕階層減稅”,。

報(bào)告稱：“100年前的第一個(gè)鍍金時(shí)代以來，還沒有出現(xiàn)過財(cái)富和權(quán)力如此集中的情況,?！?

在《福布斯》富豪榜上，位列榜首的是微軟創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨,，擁有890億美元資產(chǎn),；亞馬遜的貝佐斯名列第二,，資產(chǎn)數(shù)額為815億美元；股神沃倫·巴菲特以780億美元的資產(chǎn)規(guī)模排在第三位,。富豪榜公布以來,，貝佐斯的財(cái)富一直在增長，這在很大程度上要?dú)w功于亞馬遜股價(jià)的上漲?，F(xiàn)在貝佐斯的個(gè)人財(cái)富已經(jīng)接近1000億美元，在明年的《福布斯》富豪榜上將躍居首位,。

尤其要說的是貝佐斯的財(cái)富積累證實(shí)了報(bào)告的一個(gè)核心觀點(diǎn)：極富有人士積累財(cái)富的速度正在加快,，這讓躋身極富有階層變得越來越難。

近年來,，美國工薪階層的收入基本停滯不前，而1978年以來首席執(zhí)行官的薪酬卻增長了930%以上?，F(xiàn)在CEO的工資是普通員工的271倍,。

而要進(jìn)入今年的《福布斯》富豪榜，這400名最富有美國人的財(cái)富得增長18%?，F(xiàn)在的富豪榜門檻為20億美元，是1982年《福布斯》首次發(fā)布富豪榜時(shí)的10倍,。

同時(shí),，五分之一的美國家庭的財(cái)富為零或負(fù)值。少數(shù)族裔尤其如此——近三分之一的黑人家庭和超過四分之一的拉丁裔家庭處于這樣的狀態(tài),，而白人中此類家庭占14%。

報(bào)告指出：“這種令人咂舌的貧富差距威脅著我們的民主,，使種族和階層分化問題變得復(fù)雜起來,，削弱了社會(huì)凝聚力并讓經(jīng)濟(jì)變得不穩(wěn)定?！?

富豪榜上排在前25位的都是白人,。在所有的400人中，只有兩名非裔美國人（脫口秀主持人奧普拉·溫弗瑞和科技投資人羅伯特·史密斯）以及五位拉丁裔人士。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Charlie

審校：夏林

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It takes the combined wealth of about 160 million Americans to equal that of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett, according to analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies.

In its Billionaire Bonanza report, the think tank called the growing wealth inequality in the U.S. a “moral crisis” and warned that the tax policy proposed by the Trump administration would only worsen the disparity, with 80% of tax benefits going to the wealthiest 1% of households.

Citing the rise in wealth inequality, economist and co-author of the report Chuck Collins said, “Now is the time for actions that reduce inequality, not tax cuts for the very wealthy.”

“We have not witnessed such extreme levels of concentrated wealth and power since the first gilded age a century ago,” the report says.

The Forbes list cites Gates, the Microsoft founder, as the richest person in America with $89 billion, Amazon’s Bezos as second richest with $81.5 billion, and investor Warren Buffett at third-richest with $78 billion. Since the list was published, Bezos’s wealth has increased — thanks in large part to the rising value of Amazon’s stock — putting him at nearly $100 billion and in a position to appear at the top of the Forbes list next year.

Bezos, in particular, demonstrates a key point of the report: The super rich are accumulating wealth faster, making it harder and harder to break into the club.

Wages for workers in the U.S. have remained relatively stagnant in recent years, while chief executive officers’ compensation has grown more than 930% since 1978. CEOs now make 271 times what the typical worker earns.

This year the Forbes magazine list of the 400 richest people in the U.S. saw an 18% increase in the amount of wealth needed to make the cut. The price of admission is now $2 billion — ten times the amount of money it took to make the first Forbes 400 list in 1982.

Meanwhile, one in five U.S. households have zero or negative wealth. This is especially true of minority households — nearly a third of black households and more than a quarter of all Latinx households have zero or negative wealth, compared to 14% of white families.

“Such staggering levels of wealth inequality threaten our democracy, compound racial and class divisions, undermine social cohesion, and destabilize our economy,” the report says.

The top 25 richest billionaires are all white. There are only two African Americans (Oprah Winfrey and tech investor Robert Smith) and five Latinx members among the 400-person list.