A true Keynesian would have said that what was needed in 2010 was fiscal expansion, not consolidation. Osborne believed, or appeared to believe, that austerity would speed up economic recovery, by restoring confidence in government finance.
平心而论，不能因为奥斯本身为影子凯恩斯主义者而大肆赞扬他。真正的凯恩斯主义者会说，2010年需要的是财政扩张而不是整合。奥斯本相信，或者表现出相信紧缩能通过重塑对政府财政的信心加速经济复苏。