

Though the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike of 2023 is smaller than those that preceded it, policymakers have signaled that more increases are on the way, despite slowing price growth. But there is good reason to doubt the utility – and fear the consequences – of continued rate hikes, on both sides of the Atlantic.
纽约–美国总统唐纳德·特朗普称自己是战时总统,世界上许多人对他也在使用类似的形容。这一描述提出了一个显而易见的问题:关于抗击病毒,历史和战争的本质告诉了我们什么?
虽然战争通常应该是最后的手段,但如果敌人决意发动攻击并构成迫在眉睫的威胁,那么不与之对抗则可能会致命。事实上,这场疫病从在中国武汉局部爆发演变成一场全球大流行,这正是因为中国当局在应对它之前浪费了宝贵的几周时间。中国领导层最初掩盖了疫情状况,允许携带病毒的数百万人离开武汉。
美国也表现出一种普遍不愿参战的态度。这没什么好惊讶的。战争作为最后的手段是“正义战争”理论的原则之一,这一思想体系出现于中世纪,其目的是让战争变得不那么频繁,也不那么暴力。
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