Those true believers argue that America’s consumers can long pursue their spendthrift ways because their country’s economy is better than everyone else’s. The US labor market is more flexible than Europe’s, enabling it to react more nimbly to the ever shifting sands of globalization.
有人虔诚地相信美国经济与众不同。这些人认为由于美国经济比其它国家都好，美国消费者就能够继续他们挥金如土的生活。美国的劳务市场比欧洲灵活，能够迅速调整适应全球化不断变化的需要。此外，与拉丁美洲和亚洲的多数国家不同，美国的经济体系无情地剪除一切软弱的企业领导。