I think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when orthodoxy fails, then you need to try new things. And he was very willing to try unorthodox approaches when the orthodox approach had shown that it was not adequate.

  • -- Ben Shalom Bernanke 本·伯南克

我认为,大萧条的教训之一——富兰克林•罗斯福也证明了这一点——就是当正统观念失败时,你需要尝试新事物。他非常愿意尝试非正统的方法,当正统的方法已经证明是不够的。

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Because its hard to realize now that that was the end of the great depression, you know. All of a sudden all of this is in front of me and I'm solvent, you know. I'm making some money and I know where my next meal is coming from, and I have a new pair of shoes and that's it.

因为现在很难意识到那就是大萧条的结束。突然间,这一切都摆在我面前,我有偿还能力了。我赚了一些钱,我知道下一顿饭从哪里来,我有一双新鞋,就是这样。

Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war.

因此,在为大萧条融资时,使用法定货币比为战争融资更合理。