Obama’s investment plan could be the foundation stone for a formal global agreement that delivers higher levels of growth to all corners of the world and creates millions of new jobs. Under such an agreement, Europe would join the US in raising levels of investment – complementing America’s “moonshot”&nbsp;initiative with a program of structural reform aimed at building a digital, green, energy-efficient, and competitive economy – while China would play its part by increasing its consumption.
奥巴马的投资计划将可能成为一份正式全球协议的奠基石，而该协议不但会为全球各地带来更高程度的增长，还将创造数百万个新就业职位。在这一协议下，欧洲将与美国携手扩大投资规模——通过推动一个旨在构建数字化、绿色环保，高能效以及高竞争力经济的结构改革来响应美国的“登月”倡议——而中国将担负起增加消费的角色。我个人认为这样一项协议将在2014年提升世界经济增长约3%——并使1亿人摆脱贫困。