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At stake with his comments are emerging ideas and attitudes that will inform the twenty-first century economy.和他的评论一道处于危机之中的还有一些与21世纪的经济息息相关的新生理念和态度。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009
Were they the same at the beginning of the twentieth century as they are now?现在的“绝对需求”与二十世纪之初是否一致？© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
Flawed geo-political giants have in the past been a source of instability (Germany before World War I is an obvious analogy), and there are good reasons to see them presenting increased risk in the twenty-first century.地缘政治存在缺陷的大国在过去是不稳定的缘由(一次世界大战前的德国就是明显的例子)，而且有理由看到它们在二十一世纪带来更大的风险。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
Both Israel and the US are nostalgic for a twentieth-century world of nation-states, which is understandable, since that is the world to which the kind of conventional power they possess is best suited.以色列和美国都非常怀念21世纪的民族国家世界，它们有这样的想法顺理成章，因为在那个世界里，它们所拥有的传统力量最容易发挥作用。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
But nor did nineteenth-century colonialists think of themselves as immoral.但是，19世纪的殖民主义 者也不认为他们自己不道德。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010
Gore told the world in his Academy Award-winning movie (recently labeled “one-sided” and containing “scientific errors” by a British judge) to expect 20-foot sea-level rises over this century.戈尔在他赢得奥斯卡奖的电影（这部电影最近被一位英国法官认定为是“片面”和包含“科学谬误”的）里告诉世界说在本世纪海平面将会上升20英尺。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
Now, with the growth of Chinese power, one of the great questions for this century will be how Japan responds.现在，随着中国实力的增长，本世纪的一个重大问题就是日本将如何应对。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010
Hasn’t the start of the twenty-first century marked the death of all other ideologies, with China’s raw capitalism putting pressure on gentler forms in Europe and elsewhere?二十一世纪伊始，随着中国原始资本主义给欧洲和其他地方更为柔和的制度施加压力，是否标志着其他所有意识形态的死亡呢？© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010
These steps may very well ensure that XDR-TB does not engulf the advances made in the past century in the global fight against TB.上述步骤能够有效确保严重耐药型结核病不会将过去一个世纪人类在与结核病的全球斗争中所取得的成果吞噬殆尽。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
Moreover, even if the Gulf Stream were to weaken over the century, this would be good , as there would be less net warming over land areas.而且，即使在本世纪湾流会变弱，这其实是好事，因为在陆地地区气候变暖的净量就会减少。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
Is Asia today replaying the balance of power games of late nineteenth-century Europe, with China in the role of Germany?亚洲今天是不是在重新进行着十九世纪后期欧洲的大国平衡游戏，而中国就像是当时的德国呢？© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
As early as the third century B.C., Buddhism spread peacefully from India to Sri Lanka and to large parts of Southeast Asia.早在公元前三世纪，佛教从印度和平传播到了斯里兰卡，进而又传播到了东南亚的大部分地区。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
This is the rule set out by Walter Bagehot more than a century ago: calming the markets requires central banks to lend at a penalty rate to every distressed institution that would be able to put up reasonable collateral in normal times.这是沃尔特·巴基霍特一个多世纪以前提出的原则：使市场恢复平静需要中央银行以罚息利率向所有陷入困境的金融机构借款，前提是这些机构能够在常规状 态下提供合理的质押。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011
It probably first established itself as a mindset when the Greeks, 25 centuries ago, perceived themselves as Western versus the Oriental Persians.希腊人在2500年以前把他们自己视为是与东方波斯人对立的西方。大概在那个时候西方作为一种心态而建立起来。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
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