低增长以及全球化已经将所有欧洲社会 — — 以及美国 — — 分化成了两个新的阶层：一批人拥有足够的教育和社会资本去应对当今的全球化经济，另一批人则挣扎在低收入泥潭中，只能找到些临时工干干 — — 因此来自合法和非法移民的竞争对他们的直接影响也更大。
Slow growth and globalization have divided all European societies – and the United States – into two new classes: those whose education and social capital enable them to cope with today’s globalized economy, and those stuck in low-paid, often transient jobs (and thus most directly affected by competition from legal and illegal immigrants).