After the war, Keynesian economic theory, which was generally not accepted or understood during the Great Depression, became the basis of a new social compact. It was a theory that was perfectly suited to a generation that had just endured exceptional sacrifices, for it reaffirmed a belief in our responsibility for each other.
大萧条时代不能接受凯恩斯主义的经济理论，而在二战后以后，凯恩斯主义开始流行起来，经过二战之后，大家都已经付出了超出寻常的牺牲，为了战后的重建，大家仍然需要同舟共济，共同面对问题。有了这种共识，再加上政府的经济刺激方案，所达到的效果就事半功倍了。