You can argue that neither group should have boosted its spending to such a degree – that both were subject to “irrational exuberance” – and that someone should have taken away the punchbowl earlier. But you cannot argue that these groups did not increase their spending, and that their increased spending did not pull large numbers of Americans – roughly two million in each case – into productive and valued employment.
受到以上利好的鼓舞，大量的美国人开始增加消费。当然，你可以质疑，如此程度的过度消费——甚至可以说是“非理性狂欢”——应该早一点有人觉醒，拿走狂欢的“大酒杯”。但你不能认为，这些人没有促进消费，没有增加大量美国人的——粗略估计是200万人——就业机会。