The cure, such as it was, finally came about, years behind schedule, not through fiscal bleeding, but by massive monetary stimulus. When the groggy patient eventually staggered to its feet, the champions of fiscal bleeding triumphantly proclaimed that austerity had worked.
最后，这一疗法终于开始了，比预想的时间晚了好几年，也不是通过财政放血，而是通过大规模货币刺激。当东倒西歪的病患终于勉强站起来时，财政放血鼓手胜利宣布紧缩见效了。