That message is echoed in political debates, central-bank boardrooms, and front-page headlines. But does it really make sense to take growth as the main social objective in perpetuity, as economics textbooks implicitly assume?
美国剑桥—现代宏观经济学通常将快速稳定的经济增长视为最重要的政策。这一现象反复出现于政治辩论、央行会议室和报纸头版标题中。但把增长作为永远的首要社会目标（这正是经济学教科书所暗含的假定）真的合理吗？