五年以来,席卷西方发达国家的全球经济危机带来了大量的失业。尽管发达国家人们的工作和收入受到不确定性的威胁,但并无一人预言这些国家会出现20世纪20年代末大萧条时期的那种翻天覆地的社会动荡。为什么?其中最重要的区别就是,那时人们失业之后不得不依赖投亲靠友,家庭支持,或靠救济存活。现在,一套失业保险和社会资助体系为失业人群提 Over the past five years, the global economic crisis that swept through the developed western countries has caused a great deal of unemployment. Although the jobs and income of people in developed countries are at risk of being indeterminate, no one has predicted the overwhelming social turmoil in these countries during the Great Depression of the late 1920s. Why? One of the most important differences is that at that time people had to rely on relatives and friends, family support, or relief to survive after losing their jobs. Now, a system of unemployment insurance and social assistance provides for the unemployed