类似地，美国本能胜任其国际经济总指挥的日常职责，但它没有做到，甚至连欧盟无法处理好其缓慢发酵的债务危机时也没能挺身而出。
Likewise, the US could have fulfilled its normal role as the conductor of the international economic orchestra. It has not, even as the European Union continues to respond inadequately to its own slow-moving solvency crises.