Admittedly, they faced criticism when the United States, Germany, and other countries overtook Britain in the late nineteenth century. But, by not standing in the way of the economy’s natural evolution from agriculture to industry and then to services, they enabled the United Kingdom to enjoy a full century of sustained economic growth.
最后，英国政治家并没有寻求维持该国世界增长最快经济体的地位。诚然，当美国、德国和其他国家在十九世纪末超过英国时，他们受到了批评。但是，他们并没有试图抵挡经济从农业进步到工业再进步到服务业的自然演化，而是成功地让英国获得了整整一百年的持续经济增长。