Even before the crisis, there was a rebalancing of economic power – in fact, a correction of a 200-year historical anomaly, in which Asia’s share of global GDP fell from nearly 50% to, at one point, below 10%. The pragmatic commitment to growth that one sees in Asia and other emerging markets today stands in contrast to the West’s misguided policies, which, driven by a combination of ideology and vested interests, almost seem to reflect a commitment not to grow.
甚至在经济危机爆发以前，就存在着对经济力量进行重新平衡的趋势。这种平衡事实上是对200年来历史的反常行为的一种纠正。期间，亚洲地区在全球国民生产总值的份额下降了近50%，曾经一度不到全球国民生产总值的10%。可以看到，目前整个亚洲和一些新兴国家正在致力于增长国家的实际经济实力，这和西方国家误导民众的政策产生了鲜明的对比。这些政策被思想体系和既定的利益驱使着，这些政策反映出的是一种不求增长的坚定态度。