Perhaps a deeper rationale underlying the growth imperative in many countries stems from concerns about national prestige and national security. In his influential 1989 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, the historian Paul Kennedy concluded that, over the long run, a country’s wealth and productive power, relative to that of its contemporaries, is the essential determinant of its global status.
或许许多国家紧抱增长不放的深层次理由来自对国家地位和国家安全的担忧。在1989年的名著《大国兴衰》（The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers）中，历史学家保罗·肯尼迪（Paul Kennedy）总结道，从长期看，一国相对于对手国的福利和生产力从根本上决定了它的全球地位。