The global crises of financial and housing markets are now being superseded by new crises of governments. The fiscal challenges for the weaker members of the eurozone are early warnings, as are analogous problems in American state governments weighed down by unfunded pension and healthcare liabilities. Without action, this new crisis of state competence could soon become just as damaging as its recent financial predecessor.
如今,全球金融危機和住房市場危機正被新出現(xiàn)的財政危機取代。實力較弱的歐元區(qū)成員國所面臨的財政挑戰(zhàn)便是早期預警,美國一些州政府所面臨的類似問題也是如此——這些州政府被養(yǎng)老金與醫(yī)保債務資金缺口壓得喘不過氣來。如果不采取行動,這一新出現(xiàn)的財政危機的破壞力,可能很快就會變得與近期的金融危機不相上下。
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