While it may be convenient to hold others accountable for America’s problems, this is bad economics driving bad politics. In an era of open-ended US government budget deficits and chronic shortfalls in personal saving, America is doomed to suffer subpar savings and massive multilateral trade deficits for as far as the eye can see.
给美国的问题找个替罪羊也许只是权宜之计，但仍不可不谓是坏算盘驱使的坏政策。在一个美国政府预算赤字和慢性个人储蓄短缺早已是众人皆知的时代，美国注定要在可见的未来经历储蓄不足、多边贸易赤字巨大的时期。