Similar predictions were made as early as 2004 and again in 2006, but huge rises in productivity, which wiped out the impact of wage increases, and overcapacity proved doomsayers wrong.

• 早在2004年和2006年，分析人士就做出了类似预测，但生产率的大幅提高（抵消了薪资上涨的影响）和产能过剩，证明那些预言者是错误的。