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1、.word格式.2015北大MBA备考讲义–曹其军叮嘱:1)以译文中标注的单词为重点;2)全文的通读辅助单词记忆;3)重点句型可以分析。Passage1“Theword‘protection’isnolongertaboo（禁忌语）”.Thisshortsentence,utteredbyFrenchPresidentNicolasSarkozylatelastmonth,mayhavelaunchedaneweraineconomichistory.Why?Fordecades,Westernleadershavebelievedtha
2、tloweringtradebarriersandtariffswasanaturalgood.1)Doingso,theyreasoned,wouldleadtogreatereconomicefficiencyandproductivity,whichinturnwouldimprovehumanwelfare.Championingfreetradethusbecameamoral,notjustaneconomic,cause.Theseleaders,ofcourse,weren’tactingoutofunselfishnes
3、s.Theyknewtheireconomieswerethemostcompetitive,sothey’dprofitmostfromliberalization.AnddevelopingcountriesfearedthattheireconomieswouldbeswampedbysuperiorWesternproductivity.Today,however,thetableshaveturned—thoughfewacknowledgeit.TheWestcontinuestopreachfreetrade,butprac
4、ticesitlessandless.Asia,meanwhile,continuestopleadforspecialprotectionbutpracticesmoreand.专业.专注..word格式.morefreetrade.That’swhySarkozy’swordsweresoimportant:hefinallyinjectedsomehonestyintothetradedebate.ThetruthisthatlargepartsoftheWestarelosingfaithinfreetrade,thoughfew
5、leadersadmitit.Someeconomistsaremorehonest.PaulKrugmanisoneofthefewwillingtoacknowledgethatprotectionistargumentsarereturning.Intheshortrun,therewillbewinnersandlosersunderfreetrade.This,ofcourse,iswhatcapitalismisallabout.ButmoreandmoreoftheseloserswillbeintheWest.Econom
6、istsinthedevelopedworldusedtolovequotingJosephSchumpeter,whosaidthat“creativedestruction”wasanessentialpartofcapitalistgrowth.Buttheyalwaysassumedthatdestructionwouldhappenoverthere.Whenwesternworkersbeganlosingjobs,suddenlytheirleadersbegantolosefaithintheirprinciples.Th
7、ingshaveyettoreversecompletely.Butthere’sclearlyanegativetrendinWesterntheoryandpractice.Alittlehypocrisy（虚伪）isnotinitselfaseriousproblem.2)TherealproblemisthatWesterngovernmentscontinuetoinsistthattheyretaincontrolofthekeyglobaleconomicandfinancialinstitutionswhiledrifti
8、ngawayfromgloballiberalization.Lookatwhat’shappeningattheIMF(InternationalMonetaryFund).TheEurop
