In his 1968 work Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, Swedish economist and Nobel laureate Gunnar Myrdal considered the words “Asian” and “poor” to be synonymous. But, over the past three decades, Asian prosperity appears to be within reach once more.
在1968年的著作《亚洲的戏剧：国穷论》（Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations）中，瑞典经济学家、诺贝尔奖得主贡纳尔·缪尔达尔（Gunnar Myrdal）认为“亚洲”和“穷”是同义词。但是，在过去三十年中，亚洲的繁荣似乎再一次近在眼前。