With the help of professors like Alesina, conservative conviction could be turned into scientific prediction. And when Alesina’s cure failed to produce rapid recovery, there was an obvious excuse: it had not been applied with enough vigor to be “credible.”
在阿莱西纳等教授的帮助下，保守派观点可能转变为科学预言。而如果阿莱西纳的办法没能产生快速复苏，也有一个显而易见的借口：实施力度不够以至于缺少“信誉”。