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1、TheRedistributionofHopeA）“HOPE”isoneofthemostoverusedwordsinpubliclife,uptherewith"change”.Yetitmattersenormously.Politiciansalwayspaycloseattentiontoright-track/wrong-trackindicators.Confidencedetermineswhetherconsumersspend,andsowhethercompaniesinvest.
2、The"powerofpositiveiiinkirgasNormanVincentPealepointedout,isenormous.B）Forthepast400yearstheWesthasenjoyedacomparativeadvantageovertherestoftheworldwhenitcomestooptimism.Westernintellectualsdreameduptheideasofenlightenmentandprogress,andWesternmenofaffai
3、rsharnessedtechnologytoimposetheirwillontherestoftheworld.TheFoundingFathersoftheUnitedStates,whofirmlybelievedthatthecountrytheycreatedwouldbebetterthananythathadcomebefore,offeredcitizensnotjustlifeandlibertybutalsothepursuitofhappiness.Desperationroad
4、C）TheWesterners'growingpessimismisreshapingpoliticallife.Atpresent,themoodinWashingtonisasglumasithasbeensinceJimmyCarterarguedthatAmericawassufferingfrom''malaise（不安）.TheDemocrats9dreamthatthecountrywasonthevergeofa1960s-styleliberalrenaissance〃初庞住d（失败）
5、inthemid-terms.ButtheRepublicansarehardlyHopeful:theircreedleanstowardsangerandresentmentratherthanoptimism.D）Europe,meanwhile,hasseenmassprotests,someofthemviolent,onthestreetsofAthens,Dublin,London,Madrid,ParisandRome.IfthecountriesontheEuropeanUnion's
6、periphery（边缘）aredowninthedumpsitishardlysurprising,butthereispessimismatitsmoresuccessfulcore,too.Thebest-sellingbookinGermanyisThiloSarrcizinsGennanyDoesAwayWithItself,ajeremiad（血泪史）aboutthe“fact"thatlessablewomenarehavingmorechildrenthantheirbrightersi
7、sters.FrenchintellectualswillsoonhaveJean-PierreChevdnement^sIsFranceFinished?ontheirshelvesalongsideEricZemmour^sFrenchMelancholy.E）Theimmediateexplanationforthisasymmetry（不对称）istheeconomiccrisis,whichhasnotjustshakenWesternersconfidenceinthesystemthatt
8、heybuilt,butalsowidenedthegrowthgapbetweenmatureandemergingeconomies.ChinaandIndiaaregrowingby10%and9%,comparedwith3%forAmericaand2%forEurope.ManyEuropeancountries5unemploymentratesaredisgracefulevenbytheirowndismalstandar
