Just the other day, I came across critiques of expansionary fiscal and monetary policy made by the Canadian economist Jacob Viner and the French economist Étienne Mantoux. They both argued in the 1930s (in the middle of the Great Depression!) that government efforts to boost employment would always result in undesirable and unwarranted inflation, and would probably reduce output in the long run.
与此同时，我们应该认识到，罗默所指出的问题不是什么新问题。几天前我读到了加拿大经济学家雅各布·维纳（Jacob Viner）和法国经济学家艾蒂尼·芒图（Étienne Mantoux）对扩张性财政和货币政策的批评。他们在20世纪30年代（大萧条期间！）认为政府刺激就业的措施必然会产生令人厌恶的无端的通货膨胀，有可能导致长期产出下降。