Here, we run into a dirty little secret of world politics: many commentators on international politics do not know much about economics or economic policy. International-affairs professionals frequently talk about “high politics” and “low politics,” and they usually relegate economic issues to the latter category.
在这里，我们陷入了一个肮脏的世界政治小秘密：许多国际政治评论家并不十分了解经济学和经济政策。国际事务教授总是大谈“高端政治”和“低端政治”，而经济问题往往被归于后者。