The success of market economies is not achieved by policies that encourage people to be greedy and imposing as few restrictions as possible on what the greediest of them do. That was the world of Shah Jahan and it produced very little in the way of economic advance.
鼓励人们贪婪、并且尽可能不约束最贪婪者的政策,并不能促使市场经济成功。相反,这是沙贾汗的做法,这对经济发展几乎毫无作用。
It did, however, produce the most beautiful building in the world. Perhaps there is a lesson for modern moguls. But the lesson Shah Jahan’s court reveals to the modern policy maker, in India and in the west, is far more important. The excesses of rent-seeking meant the Mogul empire was in effect ended within two generations. The ensuing sacking of Delhi left a political vacuum only filled by the British Raj.
不过,它的确催生了世界上最美丽的建筑。这对现代的那些达官贵人或许有所启示。但沙贾汗的宫殿对当今印度乃至西方的政策制定者却有更重要的教益。过度寻租导致莫卧儿王朝在两代内宣告覆灭。之后对德里城的洗劫留下的政治真空,最后被英属印度填补。
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