Even on the business-cycle dimension, conditions have been far worse in the past than they are today. Consider the Great Depression and the implications of market economies’ inability back then to recover on their own, owing to the burden of long-term unemployment.
即便从商业周期角度看，如今的情况也比过去好得多了。想想大萧条吧，它给市场经济造成了多大的冲击，由于长期失业的重压，市场经济根本无法自力更生走向复苏。