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1 策马翻译培训 Euit EU interpretation training 欧盟口译训练 Copyright © 2010 CEMACHINA.COM, All Rights Reserved EU interpretation training | A zh-en 2 策马翻译培训 美国不会变成俄罗斯 CUTTING BACK FINANCIAL CAPITALISM IS THE BIG US TEST Is the US Russia? The question seems 美国是俄罗斯吗？这个问题看上去即 provocative, if not outrageous. Yet the person 便不是耸人听闻，也会引起争议。但提出这 asking it is Simon Johnson, former chief 个问题的却是西蒙•约翰逊(Simon Johnson) economist at the International Monetary Fund ——前国际货币基金组织(IMF)首席经济学 and a professor at the Sloan School of 家、麻省理工学院斯隆管理学院(MIT Sloan Management at the Massachusetts Institute of School of Management)现任教授。在《大西 Technology. In an article in the May issue of 洋月刊》(Atlantic Monthly) 5 月号的一篇文 the Atlantic Monthly, Prof Johnson compares 章中，约翰逊教授将“金融寡头”对美国政 the hold of the “financial oligarchy ” over US 策的操纵，与新兴国家商业精英对政策的左 policy with that of business elites in emerging 右进行了比较。这种对比有意义吗？答案是 countries. Do such comparisons make sense? 肯定的，但仅仅在一定程度上是如此。 The answer is Yes, but only up to a point. “In its depth and suddenness,” argues 约翰逊教授认为：“就其深度和突然性 Prof Johnson, “the US economic and financial 而言，美国经济和金融危机与我们近来在新 crisis is shockingly reminiscent of moments we 兴市场看到的情形有着惊人的相似之处。”相 have recently seen in emerging markets.”The 似之处显而易见：外国资本的大量流入；狂 similarity is evident: large inflows of foreign 热的信贷增长；过度杠杆操作；资产（尤其 capital; torrid credit growth; excessive 是房地产）价格泡沫；而最终，是资产价格 leverage; bubbles in asset prices, particularly 崩盘和金融灾难。 property; and, finally, asset-price collapses and financial catastrophe. “But,” adds Prof Johnson, “theres a “不过，”约翰逊教授补充道，“有一个 deeper and more disturbing similarity