If the IMF’s analysis of global imbalances is not balanced, if it does not identify the US as the major culprit, and if it does not direct its attention on America’s need to reduce its fiscal deficits – through higher taxes for America’s richest and lower defense spending – the Fund’s relevance in the twenty-first century will inevitably decline.
如果国际货币基金组织对于全球贸易不平衡的分析不能做到公平，如果不能认出美国是需要负主要责任的国家，如果不能引导人们关注于美国降低财政赤字的必要性——通过对美国富人提高税收并降低国防支出来实现——国际货币基金组织对于21世纪的实质作用将会不可避免的降低。