In a recent visit to this tropical archipelago of 1.3 million people, I had a chance to see some of the leaps Mauritius has taken – accomplishments that can seem bewildering in light of the debate in the US and elsewhere. Consider home ownership: while American conservatives say that the government’s attempt to extend home ownership to 70% of the US population was responsible for the financial meltdown, 87% of Mauritians own their own homes – without fueling a housing bubble.
在最近对这个拥有130万人口的热带岛国的访问中，我有机会观察了毛里求斯所实现的飞跃——这些成就在美国以及世界其他地方看来简直有点不可思议。比如房屋自有状况：当美国保守派认为政府试图令70%的美国人拥有自己的房屋是经济崩溃之源时，87%的毛里求斯人拥有自己的房子——却并未因而催生任何房市泡沫。