美国建国二百多年来,经济有过三次大的发展,也出现过三次“衰落”现象。第一次这样的现象出现在20世纪30年代,当时资本主义世界处在经济大萧条中。美国经济第二次“衰落”发生在20世纪70、80年代,当时美国商品和资本的国际竞争力急剧下降。第三次“衰落”发生在最近这次金融危机中。出 Since the founding of the United States more than two centuries ago, the economy has undergone three major developments and there have also been three “decline” phenomena. The first such phenomenon occurred in the 1930s when the capitalist world was in a recession. The second “decline” in the U.S. economy took place in the 1970s and 1980s when the international competitiveness of U.S. goods and capital dropped drastically. The third “decline” occurred in the recent financial crisis. Out