A more meaningful measure of the labor and human potential going to waste is the fact that almost one in four Britons aged sixteen to sixty-four are now classed as "inactive" in the labor market.

另一个对劳动力和人类潜能造成浪费的手段是在英国存在这样一个事实，从16岁到64岁之间，每四个人就有一个人在劳动力市场上被定为“不再工作的。”

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Most businesses haven't spruced up billing and accounting to keep pace with the complex services, creating a system riddled with waste--paying bills for inactive lines, ignoring discounts and failing to spot employee fraud and curb excessive dial-up time from workers' homes.

FORBES: Dialing for Dollars