美国人的度量越来越小了,前一阵子,谈到美国的经济为何衰退,对日贸易逆差为何无法缩减。日本的高级官员脱口说出:“美国人懒惰!”及美国人缺少工作伦理等话,美国人无不怒气冲天。为了坚定自己的信心,他们用各种方法来说服自己美国人并不算懒,贸易问题是日本人排外心理造成的,有一位哈佛大学的经济系教授写了一本书,居然说美国人工作勤奋得过分了,反而认为工作时间太长才是经济发展迟滞的病因。这位教授用每一工业国家,工作人员的每年休假日数来比较,发现美国与日本一样都有十天休假日,相形之下,瑞典人每年居然有三十天,法国人也有十八天,他还认为日本人每天工作确实比美国人较长,但是日本的男人每天下班后,回 Americans have become less and less measured. Some time ago, when talking about why the U.S. economy has declined and why the trade deficit with Japan can not be reduced, Japanese senior officials blurted out: “Americans are lazy!” And Americans lack work ethics and other words, the Americans are all anger. In order to strengthen their confidence, they use various methods to convince themselves that the Americans are not too lazy. The trade problem is caused by the exclusion of Japanese psychology. One Harvard University professor of economics wrote a book that actually said that Americans work Hard-working, but think that working time is too long is the etiology of economic development retardation. The professor compared the annual number of vacations in each industrialized country and staff and found that the United States had 10 days off as Japan did. In contrast, Swedes had thirty days a year, French people had eighteen days, He also believes that Japanese people do work more daily than Americans, but Japanese men return after work every day