LONDON – In his Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, Lords of Finance, the economist Liaquat Ahamad tells the story of how four central bankers, driven by staunch adherence to the gold standard, “broke the world” and triggered the Great Depression. Today’s central bankers largely share a new conventional wisdom – about the benefits of loose monetary policy.
伦敦—在普利策奖获奖作品《金融之王》（Lords of Finance）中，经济学家利雅卡特·艾哈迈德（Liaquat Ahamad）讲述了四位央行行长因为坚持金本位而“打碎世界”、引发大萧条的故事。今天的央行行长基本上有了一套新的传统智慧——关于宽松货币政策的智慧。货币决策者会再一次打碎世界吗？