In the world of old, the West’s economic malaise already would have pulled the rug from beneath most emerging-market countries. Indeed, the conventional wisdom – supported by many painful experiences – was that when the industrial countries sneezed, the emerging world caught a cold.
在旧世界，西方经济萎靡或许已经把新兴市场国家拖入了万劫不复。事实上，在传统智慧看来（有大量痛苦的经验支持传统智慧），工业国打个喷嚏，新兴市场就得感冒。