LONDON – Fiscal austerity has become such a staple of conventional wisdom in the United Kingdom that anyone in public life who challenges it is written off as a dangerous leftist. Jeremy Corbyn, the current favorite to become the next leader of Britain’s Labour Party, is the latest victim of this chorus of disparagement.
伦敦—在英国，财政紧缩已成为传统智慧的一大标志，任何敢于在公开挑战这一智慧的人都会被扣上危险的左派的帽子。目前最有希望成为英国工党下一任领导人的杰里米·科尔宾（Jeremy Corbyn）便是这一“全民鄙视链”的最新受害者。他的一些立场确实站不住脚。但他对经济政策的评论并不愚蠢，应该引起恰当的仔细思考。