2015考研英语阅读美国与复苏政治学_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读美国与复苏政治学

　　本书的主要部分大多都在剖析共和党感到恼怒的几个问题：如何将刺激法案用作转化美国社会的工具。从一开始，奥巴马就要求《复苏法案》在以下几个方面进行投资：向低碳社会的转变、彻底的学校改革、卫生改革以及创造就业岗位。格伦沃尔德认为所有这些目标都是值得赞赏的。许多读者也会认同这一点。但华盛顿的共和党并不这么想。他们认为新能源项目和创造就业岗位应当交给市场去引导，而不是由当局来推动;学校改革和卫生改革应当根据各个州的具体情况进行。他们认为奥巴马在试图利用危机把美国的政治经济推向一个以华盛顿为中心、中央集权度更高的方向。格伦沃尔德并未试图否认这一点;他对此完全没有异议。

　　The most interesting part of the book is the part that leaves most questions open. What willbe the legacy of all Mr Obama s greening and rebuilding? Mr Grunwald waxes on about thecleverness of Steven Chu, the president s energy secretary,and all the amazing things thathis scientists think they can do with their oodles of new cash. But there have also, as headmits, been many failures. Mr Grunwald s instinct is to praise the splashing around ofgovernment money for untested new technologies which, when exposed to life without thegovernment teat, may quickly wither. Governments make bad venture capitalists, as thebook quotes Larry Summers, a key member of the president s original team, as saying.