Across the Atlantic, there are few signs of even a modest US-style recovery: The gap between where Europe is and where it would have been in the absence of the crisis continues to grow. In most European Union countries, per capita GDP is less than it was before the crisis.
其实事情可能更加糟糕。放眼大西洋两岸，你甚至连平庸的美国式复苏也难以找到：欧洲经济目前所处的位置与其在不发生危机情况下所应该取得的成就之间的差距在继续扩大。在大部分欧盟国家，人均GDP还不如危机前。失去的五年很快就会变成失去的十年。在冰冷的数据背后，生活每况愈下，梦想遭遇打击，家庭因为年复一年的经济停滞&mdash;&mdash;有的地方则是经济萧条&mdash;&mdash;而被迫拆散（或无法组建）。