This has compelled central bankers to remain in the policy forefront, building one bridge extension after another as they wait for other policymakers to get their act together. The result has been to expose Western economies to ever-more experimental measures, with considerable uncertainty about the longer-term impact of operating sophisticated market-based systems on the basis of artificial constructs.
Para apreciar la magnitud del problema, piénsese en la repetida negativa del Congreso de los EE.UU. a aprobar un presupuesto anual (por no hablar de aplicar reformas a medio plazo) o las incompletas iniciativas a escala de la zona del euro en un momento de desempleo alarmante y amenazas residuales de trastornos financieros.