The US introduced the smallest dose of austerity, and it has enjoyed the best economic performance. But even in the US, there are roughly 650,000 fewer public-sector employees than there were before the crisis; normally, we would have expected some two million more.
美国的紧缩力度最小，经济表现也最好。但即使在美国，公共部门雇员数量也比危机前减少了约650,000名；在正常情况下，这一数字应该增加两百万左右。结果，美国也在遭遇困境，增长如此萎靡，以至于工资基本保持停滞状态。