毋宁说，它是这样一个案例，当你刺激本国需求时，你的邻国没有受惠，但却增加了世界需求：邻国应当令其各自经济体再通胀。
Rather, it is a case of not rewarding your neighbours when you stimulate spending and are adding to world demand: neighbours should reflate their own economies.
这句话下面紧接着，作者列举了欧元区国家 爱尔兰和希腊（两个债台高筑的国家）是如何行动的：爱尔兰削减开支，提高税收，显然不是采取通胀的做法；而希腊，则不愿意勒紧裤腰带austerity，希腊工人的工资一直再涨呢，债务也是再涨，希腊并没有多大决心遏制通胀。 而且，照这个形势，很快，希腊就得被踢出欧元区了。
And some countries are more determined to deal with this than others: Ireland has raised taxes and cut spending, but Greece has shown scant appetite for austerity.
UBS经济学家乔纳森估计全球食品价格或许会在目前主要食品价格通胀率基础上再涨50%达到2008年的高点。
Jonathan Anderson, an economist at UBS, a bank, reckons that global food prices would have to rise by another 50% from current levels for headline food-price inflation to reach the heights of 2008.
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