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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