Today, another split is occurring, this time between those countries that are continuing to muddle through and Great Britain. Even though the British government’s credit is still solid gold, Prime Minister David Cameron’s administration is about to embark on what may be the largest sustained fiscal contraction ever: a plan to shrink the government budget deficit by 9% of GDP over the next four years.
今日，又一次分裂正在酝酿之中：一方在继续得过且过，另一方是英国。尽管英国政府的信誉仍然卓著，卡梅隆政府仍准备推出或许是史上最大的持续性财政紧缩计划：在未来4年削减相当于GDP 9%的政府预算赤字。