如果华盛顿把这个承诺当真，就应该将其转化为长期全面的联盟，能够顺利地渡过眼前的危机－即便朝韩统一之后也始终不改－布什应该与韩国政府首脑联合发表声明。
In order to allay misgivings and restore trust in the alliance, it is necessary for the US and South Korea to reaffirm their common interests and values in pursuing deterrence, nonproliferation, stability, and democracy on the Korean peninsula and across Asia.	为了减少顾虑，恢复信任，美韩需要重申两国的共同利益，那就是在亚洲和朝鲜半岛追求遏制、不扩散、稳定和民主的目标。
Once they resolve to continue their alliance with these purposes in mind, it should be possible for responsible officials to work out guiding principles for concrete security cooperation.	一旦它们决意出于上述目的将联盟继续下去，相关官员就有可能确定具体安全合作的指导原则。
Specific negotiations on withdrawing American troops from Korea or on redeploying them from the DMZ to south of Seoul must be carried out according to these principles.	无论是美军撤离韩国，还是从非军事区到汉城南部的重新调动，都必须遵照原则加以实行。
In so doing, America must treat South Korea as a full partner with its own voice in making decisions that affect its security interests.	要实现这个目标，美国必须完全把韩国作为伙伴，在涉及他们自身安全利益的问题上有权发言。
As an American ally for 51 years, and as East Asia's third-largest economy, South Korea is entitled to be fully consulted on such decisions.	韩国是51年的美国伙伴，东亚第三的经济大国，他们有权在上述问题上充分表态。
Despite anti-American sentiments among some South Koreans, a majority of the country's people wants American forces to remain as a stabilizing force.	尽管有些韩国人存在着反美情绪，但多数人还是希望美军稳定部队留在韩国。
Securing a peaceful and nuclear-free Korean peninsula, a place where the interests of China, Japan, Russia, and America directly intersect, is one of the most important security goals anywhere on the planet.	朝鲜半岛上，中国、日本、俄国和美国的利益直接交叉，在这里实现和平和无核化是全球最重要的安全目标之一。
For this reason, America and South Korea must restore a strategic vision for the future.	也正因为如此，美国和韩国必须重新以战略的眼光审视未来。
	
America's Schizophrenic Economy	矛盾式发展的美国经济
The news about America's economy that dribbled out over the first half of March painted - once again - a picture that only a schizophrenic could create.	美国经济在三月上旬渐行渐弱的消息又一次为我们描绘了一幅只有精神分裂症患者才能画出的情景。
Real investment (investment adjusted for the declining prices of high-tech and information-related capital goods) continued to roar ahead.	实际投资（由于高科技和与信息有关的资本货物价格下跌而调整后的投资）继续大幅增长。
Production and sales were consistent with the consensus forecast of real GDP growth at an annual rate of 4% or more.	生产和销售与公认的4%或以上的实际GDP年增长率预测保持一致。
Yet, despite all this, employment remained stagnant: net job creation in the United States continues to stall.	可尽管如此，就业情况仍不景气：美国的净工作创造量仍然停滞不前。
This does not mean that employment in America cannot grow.	这并不意味着美国的就业率不能增长了。
Roughly 300,000 more Americans are employed in education and health care than a year ago - an annual rate of employment growth of 1.7%.	于去年相比，美国的教育和医疗行业多雇佣了约30万人-就业年增长率达1.7 % 。
A quarter of a million more Americans are employed in business and professional services than a year ago - a 1.6% annual rate of employment growth.	商业和专业服务行业多雇佣了25万人-就业年增长率为1.6 % 。
The logic of stagnant employment is not that adding jobs to the American economy is impossible, but that demand growth is insufficient to create more jobs than are lost.	就业状况不景气的逻辑并不是美国经济不可能创造新的工作，而是需求的增长不足以创造足够的工作机会以吸纳失业者。
This is easy to demonstrate.	这点很容易说明。
Total nominal spending in America grows at 5.5% per year. Inflation is 1.5% per year.	美国的总名目支出年增长5.5 % ， 年通货膨胀率为1.5 % 。
And overall productivity growth is 3.5% per year.	全员劳动生产率的年增长率为3.5 % 。
So the equation is simple: 5.5%-1.5%-3.5% = 0.5%.	所以用一个简单的等式表示：5.5 % - 1.5 % - 3.5%=0.5 % 。
That 0.5% is all that is left for job growth, because that's all the job growth required to meet demand given the remarkably strong rate of growth of productivity.	而就业率的增长就只能达到0.5 % ， 因为尽管劳动生产率增长强劲，要满足需求却只需要这样就业率增长。
Where America's productivity growth is coming from is clear.	美国劳动生产率的增长从何而来是显而易见的。
A relatively small part of it is coming from simple speed-up: in an economy where the amount of time it takes for the unemployed to find new jobs is close to a post-WWII record high, demands for speeding-up the pace of work will be met with a Yes, boss!" rather than a "Take this job and shove it!"
If Washington is serious about these words, it should transform this commitment into a long-term and comprehensive alliance that can survive the current estrangement - and continue even after Korean unification - by making a joint declaration with South Korea's government at the highest level.