There is a name for the despair that has been driving discontent – and not only in Russia and Ukraine – since the financial crisis. That name is the “new normal,” referring to long-term diminished prospects for economic growth, a term popularized by Bill Gross, a founder of bond giant PIMCO.
对于这一在金融危机后滋生着不满的绝望——不仅仅在俄罗斯和乌克兰——有一个名字，叫做“新常态”。新常态是指经济增长长期前景暗淡，由债券巨头太平洋投资管理公司（PIMCO）创始人比尔·格罗斯（Bill Gross）提出。