Indeed, the days when we in Britain thought it was normal to have an unemployment rate of 2% have long since passed. It was considered a great achievement of the last government that it brought unemployment down to 5% at the height of an unsustainable boom.
事实上，认为英国2%失业率属于正常的时代早已过去。人们普遍认为上届政府在不可持续繁荣达到顶点时将失业率压制在5%是一项了不起的成就。即便达到这个并不起眼的目标也需要补贴众多不必要的岗位和毫无意义的培训计划。