The US experienced debt crises periodically during the nineteenth century, and again during the Great Depression. Its response was to offer targeted and expedited debt relief – often by bringing in new temporary bankruptcy legislation that forced limited debt write-downs.
这并不意味着我们对债务问题束手无策。美国在19世纪经常经历债务危机，在大萧条期间又经历了一次。对此，美国的反应是采用定向、加速的债务纾困计划，方法通常是引入新的暂时性破产立法，迫使有限度地进行债务减记。