This is practically the mantra of US President Barack Obama’s administration, and it has cost him the support not only of much of the economics profession, but also of Christina Romer, who chaired his Council of Economic Advisers. In a recent newspaper commentary, she refuted virtually all of the arguments advanced by manufacturing lobbyists for special treatment.
第三，许多人认为制造业应该获得优先支持。这实际上也是奥巴马政府所信奉的箴言，但这不仅引起了经济学界的普遍反对，甚至连其经济顾问委员会主席克里斯蒂娜·罗默（Christina Romer）也不支持。在一篇最新的报纸评论文章中，罗默反驳了几乎所有制造业游说者所要求的特殊待遇。