然而,一种不安气氛依旧笼罩着我们。在我写专栏文章的这一年多来,我一直都强调事情正在好转。与此形成相反的是,坊间还是流传着大量的悲观咒语,说我们正在一步步危险的脱离正轨。当然,像任何人一样,我的看法有对的,也有不对的,或者介于两者之间。然而在看了人们对我文章的回复后,令人费解的他们所关心的并非我所写的东西是对是错、明智的还是天真的,而是对文章中的乐观情绪表现出极度的愤怒。
It may be, of course, that my optimism ismisplaced. It may be that the United States is actually headed to hell in aproverbial handbasket; that Europe is in a brief lull before its next legtoward dissolution of the Union; that Japan’s easy money spigot unleashed bythe new government of Shinzo Abe will end with the same no-exit stagnation ofthe past 20 years; and the glorious story of emerging economies from Brazil toMexico to India to China will end not so gloriously. It may also be thatwhatever appears to be working in the developed world is in truth working onlyfor a small minority—for the wealthy and members of the middle class inprivileged urban areas, and for anyone tethered to financial markets and globalcommerce.
当然,也有可能是我的乐观情绪放错位了。或许美国越来越没得救了;欧盟也存在解体的风险;而日本如今的宽松货币政策或许将导致另外一个衰退的20年;而新兴国家比如巴西、墨西哥、印度和中国的经济神话或许不会有灿烂的结局。还有就是不管发达国家如何发展,其最终受益者都是那些都市里的特权中产阶级,或者是金融市场和全球贸易里的商人。
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