首页
登录
职称英语
Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society? Members of the glob
Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society? Members of the glob
游客
2024-05-10
5
管理
问题
Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society? Members of the global elite debated that unusual question at the annual World Economic Forum.
It is encouraging that more than three years since the global financial crisis, a belated (迟到的) process of soul-searching has begun in search of the right lessons to learn from it.
There is a great difference, however, between being willing to talk about an issue and being ready to act.
It is a difference between those who still believe that all governments can do is get out of the way and those who believe there is a real role for governments in first reviving our economies, and then setting the right rules for future success.
If we learned anything from the 1930s, it was that governments cannot shrug their shoulders and watch as their own people are being laid off.
Nor should we forget the causes of the current growth and debt crisis as we seek to put our economies on a more sustainable footing.
Both the United States and Britain suffered because their economies were overly reliant on the financial sector’s artificial profits; living standards for the many worsened while the economic rewards went to the top 1 percent; a capitalist model encouraged short-term decision-making oriented toward quarterly profits rather than long-term health; and interest groups like giant banks were deemed too big to fail or too powerful to challenge.
We need to recognize that the trickle-down promise (benefits given to the rich will eventually be passed on to the poor) of conservative theorists has turned into a gravity-defying reality in which wealth has flowed upward disproportionately and, too often, undeservedly. To address the problem requires fresh thinking from governments about how people train for their working lives and what a living wage should be.
Governments can set better - not necessarily more - rules to encourage productive businesses that make and sell real products and services. We need rules that discourage the predatory (掠夺的) behavior of those seeking the fast buck through hostile takeovers and asset-stripping that do not have the interests of the shareholders, the employees or the economy at heart.
And governments must remember they are elected to serve the people, not the powerful lobbies who can pay for access or influence. Too often the real enemies of market capitalism are some of the leading beneficiaries of the current model, which favors big monopolies and consumer exploitation.
I believe that changing the rules of capitalism will require a change in what citizens expect and ask of politics. The question is not so much whether 20th-century capitalism is failing 21st-century society but whether politics can rise to the challenge of changing a flawed economic model. [br] What does the author say about the so-called trickle-down promise?
选项
A、It defies conventional wisdom.
B、It has failed to materialize.
C、It will benefit both the rich and the poor once realized.
D、It will prove fatal to capitalist economy once broken.
答案
B
解析
由题干的trickle-down promise可定位到第8段第1句,该句表明了该承诺没能实现。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3592979.html
相关试题推荐
Womenarehalfthepopulationbutonly15%ofboardmembersatbigAmerican
Is20th-centurycapitalismfailing21st-centurysociety?Membersoftheglob
Is20th-centurycapitalismfailing21st-centurysociety?Membersoftheglob
Is20th-centurycapitalismfailing21st-centurysociety?Membersoftheglob
Onlyinthisway______(我们才能在毕业之后很快适应社会).canweadapt(ourselves)tothesocietyq
Ingeneral,oursocietyisbecomingoneofgiantenterprisesdirectedbya
Inviewofthepracticalneedofsociety,_____________________________(有越来越多的人
[originaltext]Iamgladthatallthemembersofourzoologyclasscouldcom
[originaltext]Iamgladthatallthemembersofourzoologyclasscouldcom
[originaltext]Iamgladthatallthemembersofourzoologyclasscouldcom
随机试题
Completethenotesbelow.ChooseONEWORDfromthepassageforeachanswer.Writ
中国中央电视台(ChinaCentralTelevision),简称为CCTV,1958年正式投入使用,是中国的官方电视媒体之一。它所有的节目都通过
傅里叶变换任一信号有哪两种表示方法?()A.时域表示法 B.非频域表示法 C
A.丙酸睾酮局部涂擦 B.外科手术治疗 C.1%氢化可的松软膏涂擦 D.无
理财方案建议书经过修改最终交付客户后,需要客户签署声明书,一般来说,客户声明不包
有关肠外营养治疗的说法,正确的是A.应用初期,浓度和滴速不应过高过快B.大多采用
婴儿腹泻的病因,下列哪项是错误的A.肠道内感染 B.喂养不当 C.消化系统发
下列属于影响融资方式选择的因素的有()。A:经济环境 B:汇率的变动 C:融
2×06年12月20日甲公司与乙公司签订协议,将自用的办公楼出租给乙公
治疗急性有机磷农药中毒致肺水肿的主要药物是A.西地兰 B.阿托品 C.解磷定
最新回复
(
0
)