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"The word ’protection’ is no longer taboo(禁忌语)." This short sentence, uttered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy late last mont
"The word ’protection’ is no longer taboo(禁忌语)." This short sentence, uttered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy late last mont
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2013-11-29
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"The word ’protection’ is no longer taboo(禁忌语)." This short sentence, uttered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy late last month, may have launched a new era in economic history. Why? For decades, Western leaders have believed that lowering trade barriers and tariffs was a natural good. Doing so, they reasoned, would lead to greater economic efficiency and productivity, which in turn would improve human welfare. Championing free trade thus became a moral, not just an economic cause.
These leaders, of course, weren’t acting out of unselfishness. They knew their economies were the most competitive, so they’d profit most from liberalization. And developing countries feared that their economies would be swamped by superior Western productivity. Today, however, the tables have turned—though few acknowledge it. The Western continues to preach free trade, but practices it less and less. Asia, meanwhile, continues to plead for special protection but practices more and more free trade.
That’s why Sarkozy’s words were so important: he finally injected some honesty into the trade debate. The truth is that large parts of the West are losing faith in free trade, though few leaders admit it. Some economists are more honest. Paul Krugman is one of the few willing to acknowledge that protectionist arguments are returning. In the short run, there will be winners and losers under free trade. This, of course, is what capitalism is all about. But more and more of these losers will be in the West. Economists in the developed world used to love quoting Joseph Schumpeter, who said that "creative destruction" was an essential part of capitalist growth. But they always assumed that destruction would happen over there. When Western workers began losing jobs, suddenly their leaders began to lose faith in their principles. Things have yet to reverse completely. But there’s clearly a negative trend in Western theory and practice.
A little hypocrisy(虚伪)is not in itself a serious problem. The real problem is that Western governments continue to insist that they retain control of the key global economic and financial institutions while drifting away from global liberalization. Look at what’s happening at the IMF(International Monetary Fund). The Europeans have demanded that they keep the post of managing director. But all too often, Western officials put their own interests above everyone else’s when they dominate these global institutions.
The time has therefore come for the Asians — who are clearly the new winners in today’s global economy—to provide more intellectual leadership in supporting free trade. Sadly, they have yet to do so. Unless Asians speak out, however, there’s a real danger that Adam Smith’s principles, which have brought so much good to the world, could gradually die. And that would leave all of us worse off, in one way or another.
The Western economists used to like the idea of "creative destruction" because it______.
选项
A、set a long-term rather than short-term goal
B、was an essential part of capitalist development
C、entailed a positive rather than negative mentality
D、was meant to be the destruction of developing economies
答案
D
解析
本题信息点是The Western economists used to like the idea of“creative destruction”,该信息点出现在文章第三段第七句话:Economists in the developed world used to love quoting Joseph Schumpeter,who said that“creative destruction”was an essential part of capitalist growth.仔细研读本句我们发现本句中只陈述了西方经济学家喜欢引用Joseph Schumpeter的观点,而他的观点是“creative destruction”was an essential part of capitalist growth。于是我们就需要在下一句找原因:But they always assumed that destruction would happen over there.“他们总是假想破坏会发生在那边”。根据上下文的逻辑语意关系,这里over there指发展中国家。由此我们得知选项D符合上下文逻辑,为本题答案。
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