In Japan, one of the three “arrows” of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s program for economic revival was launched in the wrong direction. The fall in GDP that followed the increase in the consumption tax in April provided further evidence in support of Keynesian economics – as if there was not enough already.
在日本，首相安倍晋三振兴经济大计的三支“箭”中有一支发错了方向。4月份消费税增加之后的GDP下降进一步证明了凯恩斯主义经济学——好像此前付出的代价还不够沉重似的。