Americans returning from visits to western Europe or Japan cannot help but notice they are coming back to a land with less worker protection, more expensive healthcare, spottier transport and a weaker educational system. The consolation has long been America’s higher material wealth, commonly believed to stem from generations of increases in productivity.
從西歐或日本歸來的美國人無奈地注意到，他們回到的這片土地勞工保護更少、醫療成本更高、交通質量更差、教育體系更為薄弱。長期以來一直讓美國人感到寬慰的是美國較高的物質財富。人們普遍相信，這種財富來源于數代人生產率的不斷增長。
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