老毛病新症状失业是资本主义的痼疾。二次大战后,特别是战后最严重的一九七三至七五年的资本主义世界经济危机后,失业这个老毛病出现了一系列新症状。第一,失业人数在战后二十年的所谓“高速发展”时期没有减少,在一九七三至七五年危机期间急剧增加,在这次危机过后继续上升。战后,资本主义世界的经济有了很大发展。发达的资本主义国家(以下简称西方国家,包括北美、西欧、大洋洲国家以及日本等)的国内生产总值在一九五○至七○年的二十年中,增加了将近一倍半。但是, Old problems New symptoms Unemployment is a chronic illness of capitalism. After World War II, especially after the worst economic crisis in the capitalist world from 1973 to 1975, a series of new symptoms of unemployment emerged. First, the number of unemployed people did not decrease during the so-called “rapid development” period of the two decades after the war, but sharply increased during the 1973-1975 crisis and continued to rise after the crisis. After the war, the economy of the capitalist world has greatly developed. The GDP of developed capitalist countries (hereinafter referred to as Western countries, including North America, Western Europe, Oceania and Japan) increased by nearly 100 times in the 20 years from 1950 to 1970. but,