In its 2009 Employment Outlook , the OECD took a hard look at its favored policy reforms and found them deficient in helping countries adjust to a finance-driven recession. According to the OECD, “there does not appear to be any strong reason to expect that recent structural reforms mean that OECD labor markets are now substantially less sensitive to severe economic downturns.”
将灵活性视为保障就业关键因素的观点再也站不住脚了。经合组织在2009年《就业展望》中仔细审视了他们偏爱的政策改革，结果发现这些改革不足以帮助各国适应金融业引起的衰退。根据经合组织的说法，“没有有力的理由让人相信近来的结构改革能有效降低经合组织国家劳动力市场对严重经济萎缩的敏感度。”