发达国家陷入债务通缩陷阱是因为它们不愿接受实体经济部门结构重组的政治痛苦，而是依赖金融工程和宽松的货币和财政政策来避免短痛。
The advanced countries have fallen into the debt-deflation trap because they were unwilling to accept the political pain of real-sector restructuring, relying instead on financial engineering and loose monetary and fiscal policies.