Crisis-driven change risks producing a backlash against globalization, or a haphazard reshaping of it, thus merely setting the stage for more problems later on. By contrast, taking control of the process holds out the possibility of remaking globalization, so that it at last lives up to its potential and its promise: higher living standards for everyone in the world.
换言之，全球化可以得到改变。实际上很明显，它可以得到改变。问题是，究竟是由于危机而强加给我们还是通过谨慎而又民主的思考和辩论来实现。由危机引发的变革可能带来反对全球化的效果，或者含有危险的重新塑造全球化的风险，因而只不过是给将来带来更多的问题。与此相比，控制进程就可能重新塑造全球化，从而全球化最终可以实现其潜力及其前景，那就是全世界所有人更高的生活水准。