一边建防火墙一边火上浇油，最后只能是无功而返，这就是欧洲正在做的事情：还没有哪个大型经济体 — — 欧洲是世界最大经济体 — — 曾经通过紧缩带来过复苏。
Firewalls won’t work, if kerosene is simultaneously thrown on the fire, as Europe seems committed to doing: there is no example of a large economy – and Europe is the world’s largest – recovering as a result of austerity.