We often hear assertions like, “We must rely on the private sector to create jobs, because studies show that 90% of past jobs were created by the private sector.” If we accepted this reasoning, we would have to accept a Soviet researcher’s assertion in the late 1980’s that we must rely on the state to create jobs, because 90% of past jobs were created by the state.
这是个常见错误。我们经常听到这样的论断：“我们必须依靠私人部门创造就业，因为研究表明90%的昔日岗位是私人部门创造的。”如果我们接受这一推理，我们同样也必须接受1980年代末一位苏联经济学家的论断——我们必须依靠国家创造就业，因为90%的昔日岗位是由国家创造的。