In economics, we seldom have a clearly defined counterfactual: Would the economy have performed even better or a little differently if someone else had been at the helm? We can’t know, but there is little doubt that those “managing” the economy receive more credit than they deserve, if sometimes less blame.
在经济学中，我们很难有一个明确定义的反事实条件陈述，亦即：如果另外一个人职掌经济大权，经济是否会表现更好或者有所不同？我们不得而知。但是，毫无疑问，那些“管理”经济的人即使不逃脱诘难，也是盛名之下，其实难副。