问答题
(66) High unemployment rates, especial among young workers, have led to protests in countries as varied as Latvia, Chile, Greece, Bulgaria and Iceland and contributed to strikes in Britain and France. (67) Last month, the government of Iceland, that economy is expected to contract 10 percent this year, collapsed and (68) the prime minister moved up national elections after weeks of protests by Icelanders angering by soaring unemployment and rising process. Just last week, the new United States director of national intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, told Congress that (69) instability caused by the global economical crisis had become the biggest security threat facing the United States, outpacing terrorism. (70) In emerging economies like those in Eastern Europe, there are fears that growing joblessness might encourage a move from free-market, pro-Western policies, (71) while in developed countries unemployment could bolster efforts to protect local industries in the expense of global trade. (72) Indeed, some European stimulus packages, as well one passed Friday in the United States,include protections for domestic companies, increasing the likelihood of protectionist trade battles. (73) Protectionist measures were an intense matter of discussion as finance minister from the Group of 7 economies met this weekend in Rome. (74) While the number of jobs in the United States have been falling since the end of 2007, the pace of layoffs in Europe, Asia and the developing world has caught up only recently (75) as in companies that resisted deed cuts in the past follow the lead of their American counterparts.