储备是一种本能

Hoard Instinct

与政府的救助方案相比，或许衰退的本质方为某些国家失业率较低的合理解释 截至2009年底，德国GDP在过去的两年中下降了4个百分点，大约是美国下降幅度的两倍。同期，德国就业率上升0．7个百分点，而美国却下降了5．5个百分点。如果德国的政府官员思考这样一个问题：为什么百年不遇的衰退对失业率几乎没有产生影响？他们通常会得到一个共同的答案：“Kurazarbeit”。“没有更多的人丢掉工作，这完全要归功于Kurazarbeit。”2009年11月，德国总理默克尔对国会如是说道。

The nature of the recession, not government schemes, may explain why some countries lost so few jobs GERMANY＇S gross domestic product fell by 4% in the two years to the end of 2009, twice as much as in America. Yet its employment rose by 0.7% while America＇s plunged by 5.5%. When German politicians contemplate why a gruelling recession produced almost no increase in unemployment, they usually have a one-word answer： Kurzarbeit. ＂It is only thanks to Kurzarbeit that more jobs were not lost,＂ Angela Merkel, the chancellor, told Germany＇s parliament in November.