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lity of thinking to catch up and understand the change。 But to understand where we are today and where we're going; we have to understand this recent past。
DANIEL YERGIN:歷史學家可能會說:這個新時代開始於20世紀90年代之初——冷戰結束和海灣危機的時候,這是一個全球化的新時代,世界被資本流動、貿易、觀念、文化和不停遷移的人們連線在一起,所有這一切都發生的極其迅速,和往常一樣,人們的跟上並理解變革的思維能力跟不上變革實際發生的速度。但是,要理解我們的處境和我們的未來,我們必須理解剛剛發生的過去。
Chapter 2: The Global Idea '3:52'
第二章: 全球觀念
NARRATOR: No economic idea has shaped the era of globalization more profoundly than a belief in free; open markets。 Free trade has been a fundamental tenet of capitalism for over 200 years。 But in the 1990s; the global market created a new reality that no government; no politician could afford to ignore。
旁白:自由、開放的市場觀念對全球化時代的形成產生了最為深遠的影響,自由貿易成為資本主義的基本信條已經長達兩百年了,但是,在20世紀90年代,全球市場產生了一種沒有哪個政府或政客能忽視的新現實。
Our story begins in 1992。 The global economy was changing rapidly; but America seemed adrift。 A recession had left 10 million workers unemployed。 Industries struggled against intense foreign petition。 Europe had formed a single trading bloc。 Japan looked invincible。 Japanese panies were buying up American icons; like Rockefeller Center and Universal Studios。
我們的故事開始於1992年,全球經濟迅速變遷,但是美國似乎遊移不定,一場衰退已經使得一千萬工人失業,各個行業努力掙扎著和殘酷的國外競爭進行抗衡,歐洲地區已經形成了單一的貿易集團,日本看起來十分強大,日本公司開始收購一些美國經濟的標誌:比如洛克非勒中心和寰宇工作室等等。
In the 1992 presidential campaign; Arkansas governor Bill Clinton claimed he could get America back on track。 He drew crucial support from America's labor unions and seemed to promise workers' protection against global petition。
在92年的總統競選中,阿肯薩斯州長比爾克林頓宣稱他能夠使美國重上軌道,美國工會給予他關鍵的支援,他似乎也承諾保護工人群體不受全球競爭的傷害。
BILL CLINTON: Look at what our petitors do。 Look at what Japan does。 Look at what Germany does。 We have to keep investment at home so jobs don't go offs
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