One would think that America’s leaders would be clambering to formulate policies aimed at returning the economy to its pre-2008 growth path: putting people back to work, cleaning up underwater mortgages, restoring financial markets’ risk-bearing capacity, and boosting investment.
Pensar-se-ia que os líderes dos EUA tentariam à viva força formular políticas com vista a recuperar o ritmo de crescimento da economia que existia antes de 2008: pondo as pessoas de novo a trabalhar, acabando com as hipotecas sobrevalorizadas, restaurando a capacidade de assunção de risco dos mercados financeiros e aumentando o investimento.