NEW YORK – “If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the theory,” goes the old adage. But too often it is easier to keep the theory and change the facts – or so German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other pro-austerity European leaders appear to believe.
纽约—“如果事实和理论不符，那么就改理论，”老话如是说。但往往保持理论改变事实才更容易——或者说，德国总理默克尔和其他支持紧缩的欧洲领导人是这么认为的。尽管频繁被事实打脸，他们仍拒绝接受现实。