And yet of course, politics and human nature being what they are, that is what most countries did when the crises came. (Less forgivably, it is also what the GMF, time and again, advised them to do).

• 前面所提及的报告也指出，贫困人口中有13%25曾经面临暂时的饥饿威胁。横向比较来说，在发达国家里，美国的贫困率最高。纵向比较来说，自从布什上台以来，美国的贫困人口连年增加。