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几十年前,仍对大萧条心有余悸的美国人也曾是储蓄大户。不过,婴儿潮一代人没有经历过大萧条,在信用卡催生的为什么等待、现在就消费文化的诱惑下,走上了疯狂消费之路。

Depression-panicking Americans had been saving gluts decades ago; however, baby boomers didn’t experience the Great Depression, under the influence of a culture “why wait, consume now” from credit cards, they’ve underwent obsessive consumptions.