Those outside America, especially in Asia, should regard the unstable state of the US macro-economy with grave concern. As the seventeenth-century poet John Donne put it, “Ask not for whom the bell tolls – it tolls for thee.”
美国之外，特别是亚洲的人们应该对美国不稳定的宏观经济状况保持严重关注。正如17世纪的诗人约翰•多恩所说：“不要问钟声为谁而鸣—它为你而鸣。”