Compare, for example, the discipline that international banks and the IMF were able to impose on Indonesia and South Korea in 1998, with the relative freedom of the US – bestowed by denomination of American debt in dollars – to increase government spending in response to the 2008 financial crisis. Indeed, rather than weakening, the dollar has appreciated as investors regard the underlying strength of the US as a safe haven.
例如，比较一下1998年的印尼、韩国和2008年金融危机中的美国。想一想国际银行和国际货币基金组织能够对前面两国进行的惩罚，和美国增加政府开支来应对危机的相对自由，这个自由是美国债务的美元面值所赐予的。而且，美元非但没有疲软，还随着投资者注意到美元作为避风港的潜力而升值了。