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深受奥地利经济学派的影响。
PAUL VOLCKER; Federal Reserve Board; 1979…1987: It's obvious to all of you from what's been said today that we're face to face with really unique economic difficulties。
PAUL VOLCKER;美联储,1979-1987年:从当前的舆论中可以很明显地看出我们正面临真正独特的经济困难。
NARRATOR: Volcker believed that inflation was one of the worst of all economic evils。
旁白:Volcker相信通货膨胀最糟糕的经济恶魔之一。
PAUL VOLCKER: It came to be considered part of Keynesian doctrine that a little bit of inflation is a good thing。 And of course what happens then; you get a little bit of inflation; then you need a little more; because it peps up the economy。 People get used to it; and it loses its effectiveness。 Like an antibiotic; you need a new one; you need a new one。 Well; I certainly thought that inflation was a dragon that was eating at our innards; so the need was to slay that dragon。
PAUL VOLCKER:有一点通货膨胀是好事情,这被认为什凯恩斯模式的一部分。当然那时候发生的事情是有一点通货膨胀,然后你还需要一点,因为这可以刺激经济。但是当人们已经习惯了的时候,这种方法就无效了。就像抗生素一样,你需要一种新的抗生素;以后你还会再需要其其它新的抗生素。噢,我当然认为通货膨胀是吞吃我们财富的恶龙,所以我们要做的就是杀死这条龙。
NARRATOR: Volcker used a blunt weapon: He tightened the money supply。 The economy went into a nosedive。 Facing a presidential election; Carter was reluctant to back such harsh measures。
旁白:Volcker使用了一件钝武器:他减少了货币供给。经济发展急剧减速。面临总统选举的卡特不情愿支持这么一项严厉的措施。
Carter's rival was the Republican Ronald Reagan。 Reagan shared the same economic philosophy as Margaret Thatcher。 For over 20 years; he had been campaigning against the Keynesian orthodoxy and for Hayek and Friedman's ideas of free markets and freedom。
卡特的对手是共和党人罗纳德。里根。里根与玛格丽特。撒切尔地经济观点一致。二十多年里他一直参加反对正统凯恩斯主义和支持哈耶克与弗里德曼关于自由市场和自由的观点的活动。
NEWT GINGRICH; Speaker; ; 1995…1999: Reagan knew Hayek personally; he knew Milton Friedman personally。 And Reagan was; in a sen
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