This is Fisher's most famous one.

这也是Fisher最著名的理论
Suppose you transfer money, transfer wealth,

假设你将金钱和财富
from poor to rich.

由穷人转移至富人
What would happen?

会发生什么
We have to make an extra assumption here.

我们在此要做一个额外的假设
Fisher felt that the people who were rich were rich

Fisher认为富人始终富有
because they were patient.

因为他们有耐性
They could charge interest and get lots of money.

他们通过收息获得大量金钱
So if you change wealth you take away some money from the poor.

如果你改变财富就意味着从穷人身上搜刮
That's what's happened in the American economy

这正是过去15或20年间
over the last 15 or 20 years.

美国经济所发生的
The rich have gotten richer

富人更富