The new pessimism comes not from Marxists, who have always looked for telltale signs of capitalism’s collapse, but from the heart of the policymaking establishment: Larry Summers, former US President Bill Clinton’s Secretary of the Treasury, and chief economist of almost everything at one time or another.
新的怀疑不是来自时刻紧盯着资本主义崩溃蛛丝马迹的马克思主义者，而是来自决策机制的核心：前美国总统克林顿的财政部长、几乎无时无刻不身为各种首席经济学家的拉里·萨默斯（Larry Summers）。