The most well-known aspect of the profession is that of a social safety net.

这个行业最为人熟知的一个方面是社会安全网。

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Authority is a social safety net.

权威像是一张社交安全网。

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A survey last year by the McKinsey Global Institute backed up what many economists have long argued: that the lack of a social safety net is one of the main reasons that Chinese households save.

去年麦肯锡全球研究所(McKinsey Global Institute)所作的一项调查，印证了许多经济学家长期以来抱持的观点：社会保障网络的不足，是中国家庭储蓄的主要原因之一。

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That is not to say there should not be a social safety net.

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The U.S. can afford a social safety net, but our current programs are not sustainable, even in a robustly growing economy.

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And China is spending more as it tries to build a social safety net for an aging population that has none.

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