Such a system can generate a self-reinforcing set of popular beliefs, which may explain why countries like Argentina and Venezuela repeatedly drive down dead-end streets. Because so many businesses make money from the rents created by the rationing of foreign exchange, rather than by creating value, it is easy to believe that markets do not work, that entrepreneurs are speculators, and that governments need to control them and impose “fair” prices.
这样的系统可以生成一套自我强化的民众观念，也许可以解释为什么像阿根廷和委内瑞拉这样的国家一再拐进了死胡同。因为很多企业通过外��配给创造的寻租机会赚钱而不是去创造价值，这容易使民众相信市场是无效的，企业家都是些投机者，所以政府需要管制和实施“公平”的价格。而最常见的结果，就是令政府这个驾驶者把迷路的责任推到汽车，甚至是乘客身上。