In most countries of the world,

世界上大多数国家
inequality is getting worse.

经济不平等正愈演愈烈
This applies both to the advanced countries like the United States

这个问题不仅困扰像美国一样的发达国家
and to the emerging countries like China and India.

也困扰着像中国和印度这样的发展中国家
It's not altogether bad

情况也并非都这么糟
because part of the reason inequality is getting worse

因为经济不平等愈演愈烈的部分原因
is that they're suddenly getting rich people.

是一部分人的暴富
If everyone's getting better off, you could say, what's the problem?

如果人人都富了还有什么问题呢
In many ways that is the right answer,

在很多情况下这都是说得通的
but I think that we can't tolerate excessive inequality.

但是我们不能忍受过度的不平等
The beauty of it is that

提倡金融民主的好处就在于
the very same capitalism that has been generating inequality

那些引起不平等的资本