Policymakers do, of course, need to address the problem of youth unemployment; but they must also acknowledge that the problem is not as serious as the headlines indicate. Unfortunately, these distorted results have become conventional wisdom – even for respected economists like the Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, who recently invoked the flawed “50% youth unemployment” figure.
当然，决策者必须解决年轻人失业问题；但他们也必须承认，这个问题并不像新闻标题写得那么骇人听闻。不幸的是，这些扭曲的结果已经成为传统智慧——即使是诺贝尔奖获得者保罗·克鲁格曼这样的著名经济学家也是如此，他最近还在大谈有缺陷的“50%年轻人失业率”数字。