Platitudes and placebos – vapid calls for more job creation, fiscal restraint, reining in entitlement programs, and so forth – will characterize America’s election year. Neither side will step forward with a program for restructuring the economy and reducing the inequality that is sapping the country’s strength.
但两党都不愿承认哪里真正出了问题，也不愿意给出解决基本病症的时间表。陈词滥调和无谓安抚——空洞地号召创造更多就业岗位、财政紧缩、控制福利项目等等——将是美国选举年的一大特征。两党都不会拿出重组经济、减少威胁美国富强的不平等性的计划。