The Harvard economist Robert Barro, writing in The Wall Street Journal , recently made an intelligent argument against America’s fiscal stimulus. After wading through the drivel of ethics-free Republican hacks and knowledge-free academic hacks who claim, one way or another, that the basic principles of economics make it impossible for government spending decisions to alter the flow of economic activity, reading Barro comes as a great relief.
哈佛大学经济学家罗伯特·巴罗在《华尔街日报》撰文反对美国经济刺激方案。在缺德的共和党人和无知的学术打手的操弄下，经济学的基本原理使得政府支出决策无法改变经济活动的运行方向，看了巴罗的文章使人松了一口气。