The banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely on any private, rent-seeking, socially destabilizing network of banks, at least not the way we have so far.
shows why the current private system is unfixable – and why we don’t need to tolerate it anymore.
Like Vladimir Putin, China's leader is so steeped in a narrative of victimhood and fearful of appearing weak that it is hard to imagine him ever leading China out of the mess he has created. He could well be remembered as the leader who squandered history's most remarkable economic success story.
about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.
Artificial IdiocyFrank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images
东京—在长达一周的亚洲之行中,美国副总统彭斯一直在推销一个“自由而开放”的印度洋-太平洋地区前景,在这个地区中,贸易畅通无阻,航行自由,法治、国家主权和现有边界得到尊重。问题在于这个免于“极权主义和侵略”的印度洋-太平洋愿景是不是可以实现。
日本是愿意为实现这一愿景做出贡献的国家之一。事实上,日本首相安倍晋三便是“自由而开放的印度洋-太平洋”概念的首倡者,这一概念也成为美国总统特朗普继奥巴马失败的亚洲“支点”之后提出的新战略的核心。
面对历史性地在国际实力上超过自己的中国,日本的应对之道是提升自身的地区地位。它利用自己可观的资本——世界第三大经济体、超凡的高科技技能,以及新近摆脱了一些法律和宪法限制的军队——提高自己的地缘政治实力。
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