Though he vowed to reduce spending by more than £100 billion by now, he has cut less than half of that, simply extending his five-year rolling program of cuts for another few years. As a result, Osborne, the poster child for British austerity, is starting to look like a closet Keynesian.
奥斯本大谈削减支出的必要，但他的行为却非如此。尽管他曾宣誓要在今年将支出削减1,000亿英镑以上，但实际只削减了不到一半，只是将他的五年期削减计划又延长了几年。结果，身为英国紧缩榜样的奥斯本看上去倒像是个隐含的凯恩斯主义者。