历史上美国和英国曾鼓吹自由企业制度，也都曾经历过最显著的衰退。

The US and the UK, historically champions of free enterprise, have suffered the most pronounced declines.

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这种状况，美国在大衰退中也曾经历过，特点是薪资及价格不断下行，而市场普遍认为经济下滑将持续。

S. experienced during the Great Depression, is marked by a spiral of falling wages and prices and a generally held view that declines will persist.

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