Five years later, while some are congratulating themselves on avoiding another depression, no one in Europe or the United States can claim that prosperity has returned. The European Union is just emerging from a double-dip (and in some countries a triple-dip) recession, and some member states are in depression.
五年之后，虽然有些人开始互相庆幸说他们制止了另一场大萧条的出现，但没有一个欧美人敢声称繁荣已经重新降临了。欧盟刚刚从一场二次衰退（有些国家是三次探底）中抬起头来，有些成员国还依然陷于衰退。在许多欧盟国家，GDP要么低于危机前水平，要么只高出一点点。有2700万欧洲人找不到工作。