In that respect, too, Geithner resembles Keynes, who famously said: "The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs."

也在这方面，盖特纳与凯恩斯相似。凯恩斯曾有一句众所周知的名言：“从长远看，我们正在误导时务。”

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However, predictions are a difficult thing, and according to Sir John Maynard Keynes, "the long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead."

但是预测是件困难的事情，按照凯恩斯爵士的话说，那个时候“我们都翘辫子了”。

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As policymakers have battled the biggest economic bust since the Depression, John Maynard Keynes has been their guide.

ECONOMIST: John Maynard Keynes

And because, unlike Keynes or Friedman, Hayek did not think policymakers could master those complexities well enough to guide the economy in the right direction.

BBC: Masters of Money: Friedrich Hayek