西方的衰落

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• Adam Smith described what he called ‘the stationary state’: the condition of a formerly wealthy country that had ceased to grow. … He singled out its socially regressive character. First, wages for the majority of people were miserably low. … Second, the ability of a corrupt and monopolistic elite to exploit the system of law and administration to their own advantage. … (查看原文)

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• In Smith’s day, of course, it was China that had been ‘long stationary’: a once ‘opulent’ country that had simply ceased to grow. Smith blamed China’s defective ‘laws and institutions’ — including its bureaucracy — for the stasis. More free trade, more encouragement for small business, less bureaucracy and less crony capitalism: these were Smith’s prescriptions to cure Chinese stasis. … (查看原文)

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