But from the 1980s onwards, first in America and then in other advanced economies, big companies began slimming their workforces.

但自十九世纪八十年代，首发于美国的大企业开始缩减它们的劳动力，而这种现象继而出现在其它先进的经济体系中。

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America's top federal income-tax rate of 35% is lower than in many other advanced economies (although most Americans also pay state taxes).

美国最高联邦收入税率为35%，比许多其他发达经济体都低(尽管大部分美国人还要交纳州所得税)。

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In some other advanced economies (Australia, Germany, France and Japan) and most emerging markets (China, India, Brazil and other parts of Asia and Latin America) the recovery has already started.

而在其它一些发达经济体(澳大利亚、德国、法国和日本)及多数新兴市场(中国、印度、巴西、以及亚洲及拉美其它地区)，复苏已经开始。

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The number of foreigners who have completed their studies in Japan is pitifully low compared with other advanced economies: 0.7% of the total, compared with 29% in Australia, 16% in Britain and 13% in America, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

ECONOMIST: Insiders and outsiders

In the advanced economies, in other words, faster economic growth cannot be imported, it must be built chiefly at home.

ECONOMIST: The future of the state