SINGAPORE – In recent weeks, there has been a chorus of opinion arguing for a sharp increase in global investment, particularly in infrastructure. Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers asserted that public investment really is a free lunch, while IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has argued that an investment boost is needed if the world economy is to “overcome a new mediocre.”
新加坡&mdash;最近几周，关于大幅增加全球投资尤其是基础设施投资的声音十分响亮。前美国财政部张劳伦斯·萨默斯（Lawrence Summers）主张公共投资是真正的免费午餐，IMF总裁克里斯汀·拉加德（Christine Lagarde）指出如果世界经济要想“克服新平庸”就必须提振投资。