Q: We've seen an extraordinary period where the gap has widened between winners and losers in society. What should we do about that?

问：我们面对的是社会上成功者和失败者之间差距拉大的一个非常时期，对此我们应该采取什么措施？

A: We should start preparing for a day, maybe 10 or 20 years in the future, when inequality may be much worse. We don't yet know whether it's going to be worse. We should have a contingency plan now. The simple idea I have is raising the taxes on the rich, which sounds like the most politically inexpedient move right now, but the nice thing is that when you talk to people about risks of the distant future, they are more idealistic and more sharing in their attitudes.

答：我们应该未雨绸缪，也许是10年或者20年以后，那时的不平等现象可能要严重得多。我们尚不知道情况是否会恶化，我们现在应该有一个应急方案。我的简单想法是提高对富人的征税，这在时下听起来是最不明智的政治动议，但好在你同人们谈论遥远的未来要面临的危险时，他们的态度更为理想主义，更愿意分担责任。

Q: Winning the Nobel Prize does guarantee the first line of your obit, but it also gives you a kind of exalted status: What you say must be more true than what other people say. Do you worry about that at all?

问：荣获诺贝尔奖确实保证了您终身的荣誉，但它也给了您某种尊贵的地位：您的所言肯定比别人的话更真实可信。对此您感到担心吗？

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