The economy was careening like a rudderless ship, and the sharp operators who had duped us into getting on board – call them the 1% – were slipping away in the only lifeboats.
Экономика начала рыскать, как корабль без руля, а ушлые дельцы, обманом заманившие нас на борт – называйте их 1% ‑ убрались восвояси на последних спасательных шлюпках.