And here I reflect on the 1930’s, and on how historical events recur, appearing first as tragedy and then, pace Karl Marx, as yet another tragedy. Keynes begged the policymakers of his time to ignore the “austere and puritanical souls” who argue for “what they politely call a ‘prolonged liquidation’ to put us right,” and professed that he could “not understand how universal bankruptcy can do any good or bring us nearer to prosperity.”
在这里，我得回顾一下20世纪30年代，想想历史事件是如何循环的——先是一场悲剧，随后马克思主义横空出世，带来另一场悲剧。凯恩斯乞求当时的决策者忽略“简朴的清教徒式信念”——这一信念支持“让被礼貌地称为‘延长清算’的东西使一切变得正常，”并承认他“无法理解大面积破产是一件好事，能让我们离繁荣更近”。