Democrats and Republicans alike are failing to convince the American people that they have the answer to their country’s problems. Underneath, however, lies a deeper intellectual confusion. The two most plausible visions developed by the US centre-left and centre-right – the “knowledge economy” and the “ownership society” – lie in tatters, leaving a void in America’s discussion of its economic future.
民主黨和共和黨一樣,都沒(méi)能讓美國(guó)人民相信:對(duì)于這個(gè)國(guó)家面臨的問(wèn)題,他們知道答案。然而,在這個(gè)表面之下,還隱藏著一種更深層的智力混亂。美國(guó)中左派和中右派構(gòu)想出過(guò)兩種最具說(shuō)服力的經(jīng)濟(jì)愿景,分別是“知識(shí)經(jīng)濟(jì)”和“所有者社會(huì)”(ownership society),如今這兩種愿景都已不攻自破,給美國(guó)有關(guān)未來(lái)經(jīng)濟(jì)前景的討論留下了一片空白。