ECONOMISTS turn over the hows and whys of the Depression in much the same way as statesmen once reflected on the decline of Rome or the eclipse of Athens by Sparta.

• 经济家们思考大萧条发展形式和原因的方法与政治家分析古罗马之衰落和雅典被斯巴达推翻时使用的方式大体是一样的。