It is quaint that the 1933 World Economic Conference took place in the Geological Museum in London’s Kensington, at a time when international cooperation seemed as alien as a fossilized dinosaur. On these criteria, Deauville, in French Normandy, with the (slightly faded) elegance of a past era of elite luxury, ostentatious consumption, and sumptuous banquets, is also perhaps not an altogether fortunate choice for the G-8 meeting.
普林斯顿——某个峰会的特色常与其召开地点暗合。1933年世界经济会议（World Economic Conference）的举办地是位于伦敦肯辛顿区的地质博物馆，这个透着远古气息的地点暴露了那场会议有多么不合时宜：当时，国际经济合作就像恐龙化石一样古怪。按这个标准来看，法国诺曼底地区的多维尔小城，虽残存着昔日名流雅集、奢华饮宴之余韵，却略显几分没落，恐怕也不是G8峰会的福地。