1: IN 1989 John Williamson, a British economist in Washington, DC, listed ten economic policies that enjoyed the backing of the IMF, the World Bank and many of their clients in Latin America. 2: Whatever the merits of these policies, the “Washington consensus”, as he called it, proved badly named. [...]113: Its prescriptions—stabilise, privatise and liberalise —have caused no end of controversy. 4: Almost 25 years later, they get another drubbing in Joe Studwell’s provocative new book, “How Asia Works”.

1: 1989年，英国经济学家 John Williamson 在华盛顿提出了十条经济政策，受到了国际货币基金组织、世界银行以及拉丁美洲多国的支持——这也就是他所谓的“华盛顿共识”。 2:事实证明，无论这些政策有何种优点，都远远算不上什么“共识”。[...]113:“共识”指出要采取稳定化、私有化和自由化的措施，由此引发了无数争议。4: 大约二十五年后的今天，Joe Studwell 推出了一本措辞激进的新书《亚洲是如何运作的》。在这本书里，Williamson 的这些经济政策又一次被批驳得体无完肤。

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[...]111:Not all attempts to liberalise these regimes succeed.2:Republican governors in Virginia and Pennsylvania have failed to push through promised privatisations of state liquor stores, despite their party’s control of both state legislatures.3:In Kentucky, the Republican-controlled Senate squelched the newly re-elected Democratic governor’s plans to hold a referendum on bringing casinos to the state.4:Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Democratic governor, vetoed a bill that would have permitted only the most innocuous forms of fireworks, such as sparklers.

[...]111:并不是所有放宽限制的努力都取得成功。2:弗吉尼亚州和宾夕法尼亚州的共和党州长没能尽快兑现烈性酒商店私有化的诺言，尽管共和党控制两州的立法机构。3:在肯塔基州，共和党控制的参议院破坏了新当选民主党就打造州内赌场进行全民投票的计划。4:纽约州民主党州长安德鲁?库奥默，否决了一项议案，该议案只允许如烟花帮等最无害形式的烟花燃放。

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[...]111:BESIDES choosing lawmakers, on November 4th voters in three American states and the District of Columbia considered measures to liberalise the cannabis trade.2:Alaska and Oregon, where it is legal to provide “medical marijuana” to registered patients, voted to go further and let the drug be sold and taken for recreational purposes, as Colorado and Washington state already allow.3:In DC, a measure to legalise the possession of small amounts for personal use was passed.4:A majority of voters in Florida opted to join the lengthening list of places where people can seek a doctor's note that lets them take the drug.5:However, the measure fell just short of the 60% needed to change the state constitution.6:Even so, that such a big state in the conservative South came so close to liberalising shows how America's attitude to criminalising pot has changed.

[...]111:除了选择国会议员，11月4日美国三大洲以及哥伦比亚地区的选民们考虑开放大麻自由贸易。2:在阿拉斯加和俄勒冈对已注册病人提供“医用大麻”是合法的，他们希望像科罗拉多和华盛顿已经实行的一样，可以通过投票进一步的允许买卖以及娱乐用途。3:在华盛顿，把私人拥有少量大麻作为权衡合法化的标准提议已经被通过。4:弗罗里达的大多数选民们希望越来越多的地方可以遵医嘱使用医用大麻。5:然而，这种方法还是没有成功，毕竟需要60%选民的赞成来改变宪法。6:即便如此，在保守的南方如此一个大洲差一点就通过议案，显示了美国对毒品罪的定义已经发生了改变。

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1:Mr Monti, who served as the EU’s commissioner for the single market and then competition between 1995 and 2004, is a rare creature: an Italian economic liberal.2:He is not a proponent of harrying Berlin to reflate to boost domestic consumption.[...]113:But he would like to see the Germans do more to liberalise their own services, to bolster the EU’s single market (indeed, he wrote a report for the commission in May 2010 advocating further liberalisation).

1:蒙蒂在1995年到2004年间曾先后担任欧盟内部市场专员和竞争委员会专员，他是一名罕见的意大利经济自由主义者。2:他并不提倡迫使德国政府再度采用通货膨胀的方式来拉动内需，却想要看到德国努力使其市场自由化，以促进欧盟统一市场的发展。[...]113:（其实，他在2010年5月就写了一份报告给欧盟委员会来提倡进一步的自由化）。

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1:India's benchmark stockmarket index, the Sensex, reached another record high, as investors cheered a speech by Narendra Modi, the reform-minded prime minister, outlining the things he would like to do to boost exports and manufacturing.[...]112:But the bullish sentiment sparked by Mr Modi's election could soon fizzle if his government does not deliver on its promises to liberalise the economy.

1:在改革派首相纳伦德拉·莫迪发表演说鼓励投资者进行投资后，印度股市的基准敏感指数又创历史新高，莫迪在演说中表示他将大力促进商品出口和制造业的发展。[...]112:但他如果未能实现其承诺的自由经济将使莫迪总统大选时带来的牛市化为泡沫。

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"The government has said it wants to liberalise utility and fuel prices but a higher CPI number makes that less likely to happen. "

“政府曾表示希望放开公用事业和燃料价格，但CPI的上涨降低了这种可能性。”

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And far more needs to be done to liberalise heavily regulated labour and product markets.

被严格管制的劳动力和产品市场亟需放宽限制。

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However, he agreed to hold top-level negotiations in February to broker a deal on plans to liberalise services and facilitate investment.

不过，他同意在明年2月份举行高层谈判，促成各方就放开服务与设施投资的计划达成协议。

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In addition, the government is reducing the supply of cheap credit and has moved to liberalise prices for energy and other utilities.

此外，政府正在减少廉价信贷的供应，并已采取行动放开能源和其他公用事业的价格。

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Truckloads of Israeli biscuits are entering Gaza. Israel says this is part of its so-called decision to "liberalise " the siege.

大量的以色列饼干涌入加沙，而这也竟然算作所谓的“解除封锁”的一部分

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But the failure of the euro countries to liberalise has become a much more pressing concern.

但欧元国家却迟迟不肯自由化，这成了许多人的迫切关注。

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But central bankers did not create the computer chip, nor did they liberalise China.

但是，央行行长毕竟没有发明电脑芯片，而中国经济开放也与他们无关。

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But Chinese leaders have often before promised to liberalise rates.

但是中国此前也常常承诺让利率自由浮动。

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But Beijing is suggesting moves will be made to liberalise the rules.

但中国政府暗示，将采取行动放宽相关规定。

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It has also vowed to fix a power crisis, liberalise fuel prices and otherwise improve the economy.

当局还誓言解决电力危机、放开油价、在其他方面改善经济状况。

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Easier cross-border capital flows may help liberalise interest rates

更自由的资本跨界流动也许能促进利率的自由化

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An inspiring idea to liberalise transpacific trade hinges on the courage of America and, especially, Japan

将跨太平洋贸易自由化这一鼓舞人心的想法取决于美国、更重要的是日本的勇气

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She said it would pursue measures to raise agricultural productivity and liberalise markets for crops.

她表示，政府将采取措施提高农业生产率，并推动农产品市场的自由化。

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Ironically, Mr de Villepin is currently being vilified by students and unionists for his proposal to liberalise French labour laws.

具有讽刺意义的是，德维尔潘先生因其提出解放法国劳工法的建议而遭到学生和工会会员的诋毁。

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Another possibility regards moves to liberalise the yuan.

另一个产生波动的可能性是对人民币限制的放宽。

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The American Congress may go on to lift the ban on travel to Cuba by other Americans, and perhaps liberalise some trade.

美国国会可能会进一步解除其他美国人到古巴旅游的禁令，而且或许会放开对某些贸易活动的限制。

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China would have to abandon exchange controls and liberalise its financial system.

那样一来，中国将不得不放弃外汇管制，放开金融体系。

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One sign of intent might be to liberalise aviation rules, allowing budget airlines to fly to Chisinau.

其表现之一就是开放航线，允许廉价航空公司飞抵基希讷乌。

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If the Chinese want the yuan included in the SDR, they will probably have to liberalise their capital account first.

如果中国人希望把人民币加入特别提款权中，他们将可能会不得不先让资本账户自由化。

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The president's promised reforms to liberalise the economy have borne little fruit.

萨科齐承诺的旨在推动经济自由化的各项改革措施收效甚微。

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The Saudis have become friendlier to business, taking steps to liberalise the financial system, airlines and telecommunications.

沙特对商业更友好了，它已采取措施放开金融业，航空业和电信业。

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The measures liberalise a number of types of capital account transactions by domestic individuals.

上述举措放宽了对一些类型的国内个人资本账户交易的限制。

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Even in seeking to liberalise regional trade and investment in goods and services, Asean seems to have run out of steam.

甚至在寻求放开商品及服务的地区贸易和投资方面，东盟似乎也丧失了动力。

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It would be better to liberalise food markets and boost trade than encourage further land grabs.

实现粮食市场自由化和刺激贸易比鼓励进一步地攫取土地更为有益。

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Consumer demand is booming as the government's steps to liberalise the economy have produced GDP growth of around 8-9% a year.

随着印度政府逐步推行经济自由化，年GDP增长率在8-9%左右，消费需求十分旺盛。

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