NEW HAVEN – The Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, Olivier Blanchard, and several IMF economists have proposed in a recent paper that governments should offer what they call “recession insurance.” Companies and/or individuals would buy insurance policies, pay a regular premium for them, and receive a benefit if some measure of the economy, such as GDP growth, dropped below a specified level.
纽黑文&#45;&#45;国际货币基金组织首席经济学家布朗夏和该组织的其他几位经济学家最近在一片论文中建议政府应该提供“衰退保险”。公司和个人可以购买保险，定期支付保费并且在某些经济指标、例如GDP增长低于一定水平的时候获得保险利益。他们认为，这样的保险会帮助公司和个人应付当前经济环境下的“极度不确定性”。