In India, businessmen look wistfully at China and wish their leaders could act just as boldly and decisively – that is, more autocratically – to address the country’s reform challenges. In countries like Egypt and Thailand, military intervention is viewed as a temporary necessity in order to put an end to the irresponsibility of elected leaders.
拥有独立央行和财政规则的欧盟在这条路上已经走得相当远。在印度，商人对中国羡慕不已，祈愿印度领导人能够像中国领导人那样坚决果断地——即更独裁地——解决印度的改革挑战。在埃及和泰国等国家，军事干预被视为结束当选领导人担责不力的必要的权宜措施。