The aristocratic proletariat Looking only at the unemployment rate, as Table 1 indicates, Taiwan's situation does not seem serious compared to conditions in Europe (where joblessness stands at 10 %), the US (5.3 %), or Japan and Hong Kong (above 3 %).
單就失業率來看，比起歐洲各國的百分之十，美國的百分之五．三，日本及香港的百分之三以上，我國似乎並不嚴重（表一）。