Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been pitching at voters their plans to revitalise the American economy. The proposals from Mr Trump, the Republican nominee, come with the usual dose of cognitive dissonance; he claims to be a fan of fiscal stimulus yet his new economic advisory committee consists of what seem to be the last surviving “supply-siders”, proponents of Reagan-era trickle down theory
希拉蕊•柯林頓(Hillary Clinton)和唐納•川普(Donald Trump)一直在向選民兜售各自的美國經濟振興計劃。共和黨總統候選人川普的提議帶著慣有的認知失調。他宣稱自己是財政刺激政策的擁躉,但他的新成立的經濟顧問委員會卻由似乎是最後倖存的「供給派」組成。供給派是里根時代「涓滴理論」的倡導者。希拉里的計劃更具有思想上的連貫性:這位民主黨總統候選人承諾大舉投資於基礎設施、製造業和乾淨能源,希望創造薪資更高的就業機會。但兩位候選人的方案都沒有充分觸及當前勞動力市場上最重要的趨勢——「零工經濟」(gig economy)。