The 2008 global financial crisis, the resulting recession, and rapidly widening income and wealth inequality have punctured the glib triumphalism of economics. But politics, far from rising to take its place, continues to be discredited, as mainstream leaders – particularly in North America and Europe – call on economic theories to justify their policy choices.
2008年全球金融危机及其所导致的危机，以及快速扩大的收入和财富不平等打破了经济学的胜利神话。但政治还远不足以取代经济学的地位，它们依旧声名狼藉，因为主流领导人——特别是在北美和欧洲——仍要仰仗经济学理论论证他们的政策选择。