Six years ago, a touch of schadenfreude would sometimes appear when European policy makers discussed American debt. For during the heady credit bubble, American households were drowning in loans; so much so that even children – and dogs – were being inadvertently offered credit cards. Europeans, by contrast, seemed less addicted to loans. Hence the sense of finger-pointing when America’s subprime woes came to light.
6年前，當歐洲政策制定者討論美國債務時，時常會帶有一種幸災樂禍的感覺。因爲在令人興奮的信貸泡沫中，美國家庭被淹沒在貸款中；以至於連兒童和狗狗無意中都獲得了信用卡。相比之下，歐洲人對於貸款似乎不那麼熱衷。因此，美國爆發次貸危機之後，引來了歐洲人的指責。
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