But he should replace his polemical hat with his analytical one and reflect more deeply on recent experience: deficit-cutting accompanied by recovery, job creation, and lower unemployment. This should be an occasion for him to rethink his long-standing macroeconomic mantra, rather than claiming vindication for ideas that recent trends seem to contradict.
克鲁格曼是伟大的经济理论家——也是伟大的辩论家。但他应该甩掉辩论家的帽子，树立分析家的招牌，深刻思考最新的经验：赤字削减与复苏、就业创造和失业下降同时出现。这应该成为一次让他反思其长期坚持的宏观经济咒语的机会，而不是为已被最新趋势证明存在矛盾的观点辩护。