The welfare state is the flip side of the open economy. If the world has not fallen off the protectionist precipice during the crisis, as it did during the 1930’s, much of the credit must go the social programs that conservatives and market fundamentalists would like to see scrapped.
福利国家是开放经济的另一面。如果说，世界经济在本次危机中之所以没有坠入1930年代那样的深渊，那么，在很大的程度上应该感谢那些一贯被保守派和市场经济的原教旨主义者所唾弃的那些社会措施。