How can governments rise to the challenge? The risk they face is clear enough: absent a profound reengineering, inertial spending – owing to entitlements and civil-service wages – is bound to crowd out spending on new priorities and new policies.
政府如何应对这一挑战？它们面临的风险非常清楚：如果不彻底改头换面，惯性支出——来自福利开支和公务部门工资——必然会挤出新重点和新政策上的支出。