Indeed, that, in a nutshell, is the story of the last six decades: a succession of Asian countries managed to grow by leaps and bounds by applying different variants of mercantilism. Governments in rich countries for the most part looked the other way while Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China protected their home markets, appropriated “intellectual property,” subsidized their producers, and managed their currencies.
事实上，简而言之，这就是过去六十年的经济史：一个又一个的亚洲国家通过应用不同形式的重商主义政策使其经济突飞猛进。在日本、韩国、台湾和中国在保护其国内市场，盗窃“知识产权”，补贴生产商并操纵其货币汇率时，大部分富裕国家政府却在走另一条道路。