虽然与新兴国家如韩国相比，西班牙的每小时劳动生产率仍然领先，但是差距一直在缩小。

Though Spain still holds a big advantage in labor productivity over an up-and-coming country like South Korea, the gap is closing.

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让人略感安慰的是，一些国家如韩国，已经采取行动避免了极端情况的出现，这表明这些国家有能力采取行动以减少伤害。

The crumb of comfort is that countries can mitigate the hurt, and that one, South Korea, has shown the worst can be avoided.

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