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Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.
蹂躏法国的年轻人认清了自己根本没有前途，这才是他们焚烧汽车的原因。但又有多少法国政界人士认识到自己所热爱的“社会模式”也要承担部分责任？
贫困的第二代移民在经济上看不到任何前途，究其原因主要有两个：其一，经济发展过于缓慢。与多数欧洲大陆国家一样，过去20年来法国的经济表现极其令人失望。但与其它欧洲邻国相比，法国的经济状况更加不容乐观。
1980到2000年间，欧洲经合组织内部只有德国和希腊两个成员国人均收入的增长幅度比法国还要低。但德国是因为不得不承受与东德统一所带来的巨大开支和伤害，而希腊则在经历了巴尔干战争之后元气大伤。相形之下，法国又有什么理由呢？
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