BERKELEY – Back in the early days of the ongoing economic crisis, I had a line in my talks that sometimes got applause, usually got a laugh, and always gave people a reason for optimism. Given the experience of Europe and the United States in the 1930s, I would say, policymakers would not make the same mistakes as their predecessors did during the Great Depression.
伯克利—在至今仍未结束的此次经济危机爆发早期，我曾经说过一些话，它们赢得过喝彩，常常招来笑声，并且永远给人们乐观的理由。我说，从欧洲和美国在20世纪30年代的经验看，决策者不会重蹈他们的前辈在大萧条期间的覆辙。这一回，他们会犯下新的、不同的、但愿程度更小的错误。