Similarly, the 2008 global financial crisis ended three decades of neo-liberalism, characterized by free trade and financial globalization. We still do not know the nature of the era ahead of us; we can only be certain that the global economy is in the middle of a major transition, and that the old ways will not work anymore.
而2008年爆发的全球金融危机则终结了了30多年来以自由贸易和金融全球化为特征的新自由主义。虽然我们尚难判断即将到来的新时代究竟会是何种性质，但唯一可以肯定的是：全球经济正处在一个大转型的过程中，老一套已经不管用了。