As the United States’ epic financial crisis continues to unfold, one can only wish that US policymakers were half as good at listening to advice from developing countries as they are at giving it. Americans don’t seem to realize that their “sub-prime” mortgage meltdown has all too much in common with many previous post-1945 banking crises throughout the world.
剑桥&#45;&#45;当美国庞大的金融危机继续演进之时，人们只能希望美国的决策者们在从发展中国家听取建议时能够有一半像发表建议那样在行就好了。美国好像并不认识到，他们的“次级”房屋贷款破灭与许多1945年后席卷全球的银行危机有太多的共同之处。