Unemployment estimates also are surprisingly misleading – a serious problem, considering that, together with GDP indicators, unemployment drives so much economic-policy debate. Outrageously high youth unemployment – supposedly near 50% in Spain and Greece, and more than 20% in the eurozone as a whole – makes headlines daily.
失业数字的误导作用也令人吃惊——这是个严重问题，因为它和GDP指标一起制造了大量经济政策争论。极高的年轻人失业率——在西班牙和希腊据信接近50%，在整个欧元区超过20%——每天都能登上报纸标题。但这些数字使用有缺陷的方法获得的，导致情况看上去比实际严重得多。