Instead of simply promoting his policies, Feldstein presents them as a “safe and effective alternative” to other approaches. His proposals, he argues, are not an additional arrow in the quiver, but replacements for “traditional Keynesian policies&hellip;[that] increase budget deficits and national debt.”
费尔德斯坦的思想很有希望；而且参考大萧条的经验，上述理念绝对值得试行。问题在于其建议引起的反对声浪。有篇文章的标题是“美联储与风险的无谓调情，”之后是连篇累牍的警告量化宽松可能“加大金融领域的不稳定性”。费尔德斯坦也没有直接宣扬他的政策，而是将其定义为对其他方法“安全而有效的”替代补充。他认为他的建议不是理应并行不悖的另一项政策，而是对“扩大预算赤字和国家债务的传统的凯恩斯主义政策”起替代作用。