摘要
从里根经济学到克林顿经济学是美国总统经济学的一大变革。在今年的总统经济报告中克林顿说:“美国是靠变革而繁荣的……但是我们这个国家在太长的时间中用太多的方法放任自流”。“12年来,利益逐层渗透的经济理论在堆积如山的联邦债务上造成一种虚假繁荣。全国放任自流的结果使如此众多的美国家庭,甚至连双亲工作的家庭都不再为他们的孩子作提高生活的美国梦了”。这是克林顿对里根经济学的批判,也是他矢志变革“放任自流”为“行动主义”的主要依据。转眼两年快过去了,克林顿实行变革的国内外经济政策进展如何,成绩怎样呢?这是人们颇感兴趣的问题。下面试作一点粗浅剖析。
A feature of the Clinton adminstration's domestic and foreign economic policies is greater government intervention. While U.S. fiscal and investment policies have won some successes in the past two years, its health care reform has met with obstructions. Its overbearing posture in foreign trade negotiations has been criticized by all partners and its monetary policy has been unfavorably commented in society at large. Assessed as a whole, strengthening government intervention to revitalize U.S. economy is a must and has turned out to be successful in a sense. However, the current economic improvement, partly the result of the economic cycle, cannot entirely be attributed to the implementation of these policies. The low approval rate in polls for the president despite the good economic shape has various reasons. Apart from politico-deplomatic factors, Clinton's economic policies have their inherent flaws, too.
出处
《美国研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
1994年第4期7-22,共16页
The Chinese Journal of American Studies
