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What Europes Mistakes Teach Asia 亚洲能从欧洲危机中学到什么 A Chinese proverb tells us that it is wise to learn from your own mistakes but wiser to learn from the mistakes of others. Asian leaders should take this advice to heart as they juggle between policies for social welfare and economic dynamism. By keeping a keen eye on Europes fiscal crises, they can avoid the worst of the Continents productivity-reducing excess. 中国有个成语叫“借镜观形”，是指聪明人应善于从别人的错误中吸取教训，引以为戒。如今正在为平衡社会福利与经济活力两者关系而大费心思的亚洲领导人们应该把这句话牢记心间。密切关注欧洲财政危机可以帮助亚洲领导人避免重蹈欧洲大陆的覆辙，躲开那些会降低生产力的过头做法。 At the same time, it would be a mistake for Asia to look to Europe solely for lessons on which policies to avoid. Europe could not have attained the highest quality of life in human history without doing some things right岸namely, trade and openness. In the decades since World War II, Europe has become the worlds center of trade. In 2008, half of the worlds trade in goods and services involved the Continent. Two-thirds of this trade was within Europe, helping small developing countries access big markets. 二战以降数十年间，欧洲已成为世界的贸易中心。2008年，全球的商品与服务贸易中，有半数涉及欧洲大陆。其中有三分之二发生在欧洲大陆之内，这帮助那些发展中的小国家得以接触到大市场。 People in Asia worry about a middle-income trap. Countries seem to easily grow to levels of per-capita income of more than $1, 000, but find it difficult to reach and stay above high-income levels of more than $10, 000. In Europe, powered by vibrant trade and open financial flows, a dozen emerging economies have attained high incomes since 1985, such as Portugal in the 1990s and Poland in the 2000s. 亚洲人担心自己的国家会陷入“中等收入陷阱”。这些国家似乎轻而易举就能达到1,000美元以上的人均收入水平，但同时他们发现，若要达到或保持在一万美元以上的高收入水平线上则很难。在欧洲，活跃的贸易以及开放的金融环境使得大量新兴经济体在1985年后实现了高收入，比如说上世纪90年代的葡萄牙和本世纪最初十年的波兰。 European enterprise is also a success story. Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europes entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europes productivity increased more rapidly than East Asias