Europe’s past was equally present in the realm of economics in 2014. Thanks to the European Union’s austerity policies, the eurozone faces the prospect of a Japan-style era of stagnation, and chronic high unemployment on its southern fringe.
欧洲的历史同样体现在2014年的经济中。拜欧盟的紧缩政策所赐，欧元区面临着日本式的停滞时代，南欧更是出现了持久居高不下的失业。