The fact that America’s economy is slowing is bad news for Europeans, regardless of claims that Europe’s economy has successfully decoupled itself from the United States. Decoupling is an idea that is based on bad economics – and on some Europeans’ reluctance to accept the fact that Europe’s short but sweet economic expansion is also coming to an end.
帕罗奥多，加利福尼亚——美国经济疲软对于欧洲人来说无论如何都是一个坏消息，不管人们如何声称欧洲经济已经成功地与美国脱藕了。脱藕一说是建立在经济状况变坏以及某些欧洲人不愿意接受欧洲短暂但却甜蜜的经济扩张同样也在走向尽头的基础上的。