Nowhere is this clearer than in discussions of the United States’ trade deficit and global financial imbalances, given economists’ tendency to reduce most economic problems to questions of savings. Unfortunately, this focus on savings distorts understanding and distracts from the real challenge of creating mass consumption markets in developing countries.
华盛顿特区：有句老话叫：“如果你只有一把锤子，所有东西看起来都像钉子。”鉴于经济学家门将大多数问题都归结为储蓄问题的倾向，这一点在关于美国贸易逆差和全球金融不平衡的讨论中表现得最明显不过了。