To “liquidationists” of Mellon’s ilk, the pre-2008 economy was full of cancerous growths – in banking, in housing, in equities – which need to be cut out before health can be restored. Their position is clear: the state is a parasite, sucking the lifeblood of free enterprise.
对梅隆门下的“清算主义者”来说，2008年之前的经济充斥着危险的增长——无论是银行业、房地产还是股票——要使经济恢复稳健增长就得将其切除。他们的立场很清晰：国家是条寄生虫，吸食着自由企业的血肉；经济会自然走向充分就业的均衡，如果没有政府误导性举措的妨碍，危机爆发之后就会以相当快的速度实现这一均衡。因此他们激烈反对凯恩斯干预主义。