Think of powerful business groups vetoing moves to improve tax collection or strengthen competition policy. This helps explain why the Greek and Argentine governments are perennially in deficit (until borrowing options dry up and adjustment is inevitable), or why prices – and profits – are high in sectors (for example, transportation and telecoms) that provide would-be entrepreneurs with crucial (but often unaffordable) inputs.
试想强大的商业集团否决改进征税或强化竞争政策的措施。这有助于解释为何希腊和阿根廷政府永远处于赤字状态（直到借钱途径用尽，不得不接受调整），或为何为潜在企业家提供关键（但常常负担不起的）投入品的部门（如交通业和通讯业）的价格——和利润——十分高企。