It was to avert this possibility that central banks began pumping money into the economy after 2008. The novelty of Summers’s argument is the claim that “secular stagnation” began 15-20 years before the crash.
大部分人都同意，深度衰退时可能发生这一幕。为了避免这种可能性的发生，央行在2008年后开始为经济注入资金。萨默斯的观点的新意在于认为“长期停滞”在经济危机爆发前10—15年便已经开始。