But there is a counter-argument. Economists at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have maintained that the costs of the crisis were so large, and the cleanup so long, that we should surely now look for ways to act pre-emptively when we again see a dangerous build-up of liquidity and credit.
刺破泡沫确实可能在不必要的情况下扼杀增长——并带来高昂的社会代价。然而也人对此不以为然：国际清算银行的经济学家认定，鉴于此次危机成本如此之大，善后工作如此漫长，一旦下次再看到流动性和信贷出现风险性积聚时，我们就必须采取一些先发制人的措施，。