Likewise, in the fall of 2008, the threat of financial Armageddon brought not just Germany but the whole world to the brink of disaster. The worst has been mitigated and obscured in the wealthy countries by running up unprecedented levels of debt, but any moderately streetwise person knows that the next generation – and even the one after that – will be paying for the excesses of the investment bankers.
同样，2008年秋，金融善恶大决战让德国和整个世界都面临一场灾难。富裕国家前所未有的债务规模隐藏和缓解了最坏的情况，但任何头脑清醒者都知道我们的下一代——乃至下下代——都将为投资银行的过分行为付出代价。人们不禁惊叹默克尔和施泰因迈耶在谈到这个话题时是多么小心翼翼。