Instead of leading to an American renaissance, the “Nixon shock” produced theories about American imperial overstretch and decline. Today, the fastest way to really make this “the Asian century” is to give Asian exporters a similarly unpleasant shock, thereby spurring the creation of an Asian community of surplus countries.
“尼克松休克”并没有带来美国的复兴，相反，它催生了很多理论，探讨美国帝国的过度扩张和衰落。如今，要把这个世纪变成“亚洲世纪”，最省事的办法莫过于给亚洲出口国一次“尼克松式休克”，从而刺激它们抱成一团，组成一个亚洲盈余国集团。