信用市场危机和房地产泡沫化使美国经济前景令人担忧,大家开始节省开销,恢复节俭的生活方式,最普遍的现象是卖掉大屋,改住较小的房子,改用较省能源的汽车;自己割草;争取在家工作的机会;以节省每日上下班的汽油费;甚至为了节省喝咖啡的费用,自己买咖啡机磨咖啡。拉克罗是一名电脑工程师,他和妻子的年收入共20万美元,算得上是中产阶级了,但现在也开始节约费用。原本每天午后,拉克罗都得花费8美元在办公楼下买 The credit market crisis and the real estate bubble have alarmed the economic outlook in the United States. We have started to save money and restore a thrift lifestyle. The most common phenomenon is the sale of large houses, the relocation of smaller houses and the switch to more energy-efficient vehicles. Mowing yourself; fighting for work opportunities at home; saving on daily petrol costs; and even buying coffee machines for coffee savings by saving money on coffee. Lacroix is ​​a computer engineer, his wife and wife a total annual income of 200,000 US dollars, regarded as the middle class, but now also began to save costs. Originally every afternoon, Lacroix had to spend 8 dollars to buy under the office building