Over the last quarter-century, rapid technology-driven globalization – characterized by the physical and virtual integration of the global economy, including the opening of world markets – has contributed to the fastest increase in incomes and population in history. But, while globalization has created unprecedented opportunity, it has also unleashed a new form of systemic risk – one that threatens to devastate political institutions and national economies.
过去四分之一世纪中，技术推动全球化快速发展——其特征是实体和虚拟经济的全球一体化，包括世界市场的开放——造就了史上最快的收入 和 人口增长。但是，尽管全球化创造了前所未有的机会，但也引发了新形式的系统危机——这一危机有可能摧毁政治制度和国家经济。