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UNIT 4 WHO’S IN CHARGE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY? 1 Driven by the telecommunications revolution, the global economy is like a speeding train that keeps getting faster, says Thomas Friedman1, the New York Times foreign policy columnist. “What’s worse,” Friedman writes, “no one can slow the train down, because the world economy today is just like the Internet: everybody is connected but nobody is in charge.” 1．《纽约时报》对外政策专栏作家托马斯·弗里德曼指出，全球经济受到电信革命的，人能该列减速，因为今天的全球经济就像互联网一样，人人与之相连，但没有人能控制它。” 2 The idea that the global economy is out of control has a certain appeal to those who feel left in the dust by corporate mega-mergers, down-sizing, monolithic chain stores, ever-morphing financial markets, and an emerging culture that seems alien to human values. 2．面对公司大并购、大规模连锁店、不断变化的金融市场以及一种起的、似悸人类价值观的文化，一些人感觉已经落伍，颇具吸 3 But unlike Friedman, I have a pretty good idea who’s in charge. They are trade and finance ministers of the wealthy nations, leaders of multi-national manufacturing and finance firms, and high-level staff of institutions like the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization WTO . A good number of them will be meeting in Seattle at the end of November, when the WTO holds its third ministerial meeting. High on the agenda will be the decision whether to launch a new “millennium” round of comprehensive trade negotiations. Many people who are concerned about the impact of globalization will have their eyes on Seattle. 3．但是，与弗里德曼不同，我很了解谁控制着全球经济。他们就是富裕国家的贸易金融长、跨国制造公司和金融公司的领导人以及像国际货币基金组织及世界贸易组织 WTO 等机构高级官员。他们中的许多人将参加定于l 1月底在西雅图召开的第三届世界贸易织部级的人们都将会关注西雅图。 4 There are lots of reasons to be concerned. When leading policy-makers and economists speak about the booming global economy and the benefits of free trade, they too often ignore the people who are losing out. The CEOs of Microsoft and Boeing, co-chairs of the Seattle Host Committee for the WTO meeting, are among the winners. But the form globalization has taken has increased the gap between rich an