面对日益严峻的经济下滑和失业率上升,不少西方国家的政治家和经济学家在描述经济形势时运用了萧条(depression)这一词汇,不久前英国首相布朗就在关于经济形势的一次辩论中用上了这一词汇,随后首相办公室又出来更正,说是口误。但是,没几天,国际货币基 Faced with the deteriorating economic downturn and the rising unemployment, many Western politicians and economists use the term depression to describe the economic situation. Not long ago, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was studying the economic situation once. The term was used in the debate, and the PM’s office went out and corrected it later, saying it was a mistake. However, a few days, the international monetary base