For too long, developed countries have clung to their outsize influence in the international financial institutions, even as their fiscal fitness has dwindled. By ignoring the advice that they so vehemently dispensed to the developing world, they brought the world economy to its knees.
发达国家在过长的时间里过度地抓紧膨胀的国际金融机构影响力，即使在财政合理性已大大减弱时也不肯放手。它们坚决抵制放权给发展中世界的建议，这导致世界经济萎靡不振。如今，它们又拒绝兑现全球合作承诺。