Yet my experience in Geneva was not an isolated incident; many policymakers remain convinced that monetary policy is not all that powerful. At last year's World Knowledge Forum, several leading central bankers – including former BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, former ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet, and former Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong-soo – also dismissed the potential of unconventional monetary policy.
量化宽松在美国、英国和日本都取得了成功，你也许认为照此看吸引支持相对而言应该不难。但我在日内瓦的经历绝非孤立事件；许多决策者仍然认为货币政策根本无用。在去年的世界知识论坛（World Knowledge Forum）上，一些主要央行官员——包括前日本银行行长白川方明、前欧洲央行行长让-克劳德·特里谢（Jean-Claude Trichet）和前韩国央行行长金仲秀（Kim Choong-soo）——仍不承认非常规货币政策的潜力。