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The article in Time on May 14th 2018,Military Spending Has Doubled but the World Is No Safer mentions that excessive spending on military hardware cannot address challenges such as climate change, mass refugee flows and extreme poverty. In the absence of an urgent global response, these challenges will fuel tomorrow’s conflicts and make each of us less safe. Now is the time to consider alternatives to excessive militarization,options that can provide true peace and security.

最新一期的美國(guó)《時(shí)代》周刊題為《軍費(fèi)翻倍，世界還是不安全》的文章提到，軍事裝備和設(shè)施上的過(guò)度開(kāi)支無(wú)法解決如氣候變化、難民潮和極端貧困此類的問(wèn)題。在全球應(yīng)急反應(yīng)機(jī)制缺失的情況下，此類問(wèn)題將會(huì)加劇未來(lái)的沖突，從而使我們更缺乏安全感?，F(xiàn)在是時(shí)候考慮過(guò)度軍事化的替代辦法了，這樣才能給我們帶來(lái)真正的和平和安全。

The article with the title saying The U.S is Mortgaging Its Future in Washingtonpost on May 1st, 2018, mentioned that the IMF projected that the US is the only advanced economy in the world expected to have its debt burden get worse over the next five years.Every other rich country, including perennial fiscal basket cases such as Greece and Italy, is projected to lower its debt as a share of its economy. That is thanks in large part to the global economic recovery, which is bringing in more tax revenue and reducing the need for unemployment benefits. With unemployment at an 18-year low and the country enjoying one of the longest recoveries on record,it is difficult to explain why we’ve spilled so much red ink.

2018年5月1日的《華盛頓郵報(bào)》一篇題為《美國(guó)正在按揭未來(lái)》的文章稱,國(guó)際貨幣基金組織預(yù)計(jì)——未來(lái)五年，在當(dāng)今所有的發(fā)達(dá)經(jīng)濟(jì)體中，唯一一個(gè)會(huì)出現(xiàn)債務(wù)狀況惡化的就是美國(guó)。就連希臘和意大利這樣深陷債務(wù)危機(jī)的國(guó)家都將降低債務(wù)在GDP中的比重，這很大程度上要?dú)w功于全球經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇所帶來(lái)的稅收增加和失業(yè)福利保障支出的減少。美國(guó)當(dāng)前失業(yè)率為18年來(lái)最低，經(jīng)濟(jì)正處于有史以來(lái)最長(zhǎng)的一次復(fù)蘇周期。形勢(shì)利好之下出現(xiàn)嚴(yán)重赤字，這著實(shí)令人費(fèi)解。