The center of fiscal conservatism is Germany, while Anglo-Saxon countries are still drawn to John Maynard Keynes. This division is complicating matters enormously, because close international cooperation is needed to correct the global imbalances that remain at the root of the crisis.
更糟糕的是，政策不一致更多地出现在国家层面。德国是财政保守主义的核心，而盎格鲁-撒克逊国家则抱定了凯恩斯的大腿。这一分歧让事态大大地恶化了，因为紧密的国际合作是纠正全球失衡这一仍未解决的危机根源所不必可少的。