According to Eichengreen, the Great Depression and the Great Recession are related. The inadequate response to our current troubles can be traced to the triumph of the monetarist disciples of Milton Friedman over their Keynesian and Minskyite peers in describing the history of the Great Depression.
艾肯格林认为，大萧条和大衰退是有关联的。对当前困境反应不力的原因可以追溯到米尔顿·弗里德曼（Milton Friedman）在解释大萧条历史的竞争中胜过了凯恩斯主义和明斯基主义同道。