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From merely rich to Uber rich
从小富到超级富
- uber = super
- uber-wealthy

Methods of managing wealth as well as consuming it are trickling down. Until recently only people called Rockefeller and Morgan could afford so-called “family offices” that manage their investments, taxes and charitable giving (and get entry into the best hedge funds). Now people with as little as $5m to invest can afford to do so thanks to a boom in so-called “multi-family” offices. Banks such as Citigroup have set up multi-family divisions. Even blue-blooded wealth advisers such as Rockefeller & Co, in Manhattan, are offering family-office services to the “merely” crowd.
除了消费财富，管理财富的方法也正一点点向下渗透。以往只有那些名叫洛克菲勒和摩根的名门望族才有能力设立所谓“家族理财室”来管理自己的投资、税务及慈善捐赠（并涉足最优质的对冲基金）。现在，由于“多家族理财办公室”的兴起，即使只有500万美元投资资金的人们也能享用这一服务。花旗集团等银行已设立了多家族理财部门。连曼哈顿的洛克菲勒公司（Rockefeller & Co）这类高贵的投资咨询公司也开始为小富人群提供家族理财服务。

trickle down 下移
charitable adj.慈善的
hedge fund 对冲基金
boom n.快速发展
muli- 多...
division n.部门
blue-blooded adj.贵族的
- a woman of blue blood

That things are getting better for more rich people does not contradict Mr Frank’s broader worry, but among the Art Basel class it is a notable shift. Once upon a time you had to be born rich to join the global elite. Then you had to make a hundred million dollars, and then the threshold rose to a billion. Now goods and services that used to be confined to a handful of tycoons are available to the millionaire or pretend-millionaire next door, thanks to the magic of the sharing economy. The super-rich may be floating off into their own country. But more people can join them, even if temporarily, than ever before.
更多富人的生活质量得到提升与弗兰克更宽泛的忧虑并不矛盾，但在巴塞尔艺术展的观众人群中，这是个显著的转变。在过去，你必须出身富贵才能打入全球精英圈子。之后是你得赚上一亿美元，后来门槛又上升到十亿。然而由于分享经济的魔力，以前仅限于少数大亨专享的商品和服务现在连隔壁的百万小富或装阔之人也能享用。超级富豪们也许是越来越自成一国，但史无前例地，更多的人可以加入其中，即便只是暂借的奢华。

contradict v.反对
notable adj.显著的
shift n.转变
elite n.精英
threshold n.门槛
- If your income rises above certain threshold, your tax rate also rises.
confine v.限制
tycoon n.大亨
pretend v.假装
temporarily adv.暂时地