David Brooks、Paul Krugman、Greg Mankiw都说奥巴马做得不好，但是借口不一样！

In normal times, leaders like to focus on the short term at the expense of the long term. But now the short term is really confusing, so leaders take refuge in projects that are years or decades away.

But the G-20 process is heading toward global impotence because the Europeans aredismissing this approach. Instead, they want to spend this moment of peril working on a long-term architecture to regulate global finance. The world is in flames and they want directorates and multilateral symposia and vague plans for a powerless “college ofsupervisors.” This is what Marie Antoinette would be for if she were an annual Davos attendee.

Paul Krugman认为政府花的钱不够；Greg Mankiw认为政府做得不对。