NEW YORK – The dire economic situation in which most of the rich world found itself in 2011 was not merely the result of impersonal economic forces, but was largely created by the policies pursued, or not pursued, by world leaders. Indeed, the remarkable unanimity that prevailed in the first phase of the financial crisis that began in 2008, and which culminated in the $1 trillion rescue package put together for the London G-20 meeting in April 2009, dissipated long ago.
纽约——2011年，大部分发达国家的经济状况可谓悲惨，造成这一状况的原因并不只有客观经济动力，大部分要归咎于全球领导人有意或无意追求的政策。事实上，在2008年危机爆发的第一阶段，人们已经达成了令人瞩目的一致，并在2009年4月的伦敦G20峰会共同推出了1万亿美元的救助计划，但这样一致早已烟消云散了。