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But what do one billion people living in utter poverty (300 million on less than one dollar a day) and deprived of any rights think of this enlightened despotism?但10亿极端贫困（3亿人每天还挣不到1美元）并被剥夺了所有权利的国民将怎样看待这样的文明专制？© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
Today, the misalignment of the dollar – and the euro – against the renminbi and other Asian currencies is increasingly becoming Asia’s problem.今天，美元和欧元相对于人民币和其他亚洲货币的汇率偏离则正日益成为亚洲的问题。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
Indeed, if the euro zone can persuade Great Britain to become a full-fledged member, thereby acquiring one of the world’s two premier financial centers (London), the euro might really start to look like a viable alternative to the dollar.事实上，如果欧元区能够说服英国加入成为正式成员，并借此把世界两个主要金融中心之一的伦敦招至麾下，欧元就真有可能成为替代美元地位的合理货币。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
By contrast, sky-high US interest rates produced by a general expectation of a massive ongoing dollar decline is a macroeconomic problem without a solution.而恰恰相反，大规模持续性美元贬值的普遍预期所带来的居高不下的美元利率却是没有办法解决的宏观经济问题。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
Never mind that most of the crises could have been avoided, or late least substantially mitigated, if governments had let their currencies float against the dollar, rather than adopting rigid exchange-rate pegs.人们不管如果各国政府让它们的货币与美元自由浮动，而非采取严格的联系汇率，绝大多数的危机本来可以避免，至少可以大幅度减轻。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009
Moreover, the ability of the financial authorities to stimulate the economy is constrained by the unwillingness of the rest of the world to accumulate additional dollar reserves.不仅如此，世界其他国家不愿积累更多的美元储备也限制了金融当局刺激经济复苏的能力。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
Over the past six years, the value of the trade-weighted dollar has fallen by more than a quarter, as the US has continued to rack up historically unprecedented trade deficits.过去六年以来，随着美国不断刷新史无前例的贸易赤字，贸易加权的美元价值已经下跌了超过四分之一。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
The dollar peg has also forced the NBU to pursue a loose monetary policy.与美元挂钩还迫使国家银行采用宽松的货币政策。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
After all, America’s still-large current-account deficit guarantees that the dollar will continue to fall.归根结底，美国仍然庞大的经常帐户赤字注定了美元将会继续贬值。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
In the euro’s rise against the dollar, euro bulls supposedly have been reacting to America’s current account deficit, the strong euro-zone economy, and rising euro interest rates.在欧元对美元的升值过程中，看多欧元者似乎是在对美国的经常项目赤字、欧元区经济的强劲发展和逐步抬高的欧元利率做出反应。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
I cannot judge the strength of these factions, or whether they know that the falling US current account deficit and dollar may lessen the urgency of adjustment in the rest of the world, but not in China.我不能判断这些人的影响力（究竟有多强），也不清楚他们是否知道美国经常项赤字的下降和美元的贬值可以减轻除中国以外的世界其他国家做出调整的紧迫压力。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
As central bankers and finance ministers ponder how to intervene to prop up the dollar, they should also start thinking about what to do when the time comes to pull the plug.值此银行家和财政部长考虑如何采取干预措施支持美元的时候，他们也应该开始思考当美元角色终结真正到来的时刻，世界货币体系将要何去何从。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
Is the dollar about to lose the crown of world finance to the euro?美元是否要将世界金融的皇冠拱手让给欧元呢？© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010
Today’s financial crisis, triggered by the collapse of the housing bubble in the United States, also marks the end of an era of credit expansion based on the dollar as the international reserve currency.由美国住宅泡沫破灭所引发的当前金融危机也标志着以美元国际储备货币地位为基础的信用扩张时代彻底结束。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
There is, of course, truth to the statement that a strong dollar benefits the American public, since it allows Americans to buy foreign products at a lower cost in dollars.当然，强势美元能够惠及美国公众的说法有合理的成分，因为强势美元能使美国公众在购买外国产品时付出的成本较低。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
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