All of this serves to undermine the effectiveness of government policies – by reducing their credibility, clogging their channels of transmission to the economy, and making it difficult to offset the withdrawal of private-sector capital and spending. As a result, the market-based economic and financial systems that prevail in Europe, and that, not so long ago, were a source of significant strength, are losing their vibrancy.
所有这些都削弱了政府政策的效率——损害了政策的信誉、堵住了政策向经济的传播渠道、增加了抵消私人部门资本和支出减少的难度。结果，在欧洲处于绝对优势地位、不久前仍是欧洲主要优势之所在的市场经济和金融体系正在丧失活力。