Our [with Martin Parkinson] own view is that the New Deal is better characterized as having "cleared the way" for a natural recovery (for example, by ending deflation and rehabilitating the financial system), rather than as being the engine of recovery itself. - Li, Ao
但是我觉得最危险的一点,是这种论调所附和的中国年轻人中的犬儒,以及悲观主义带来的冷漠和无甚作为。为什么美国这次大选,能调动1.33亿选民投票,为什么有10%是新选民,年轻人为何、如何重燃对政治的热情,投入这场改变国家命运的选举,和菜头有研究过吗?如果我们不好好研究美国大选何以促成那么多年轻人用手中的一票,来完善国家和民主制度,我们能做哪怕一丁点事情来改变中国吗? - Li, Ao