Rather than reducing concentrated market power through “disruption” or “creative destruction,” technological innovation historically has only added to the problem, by awarding monopolies to just one or a few dominant firms. And market forces offer no remedy to the problem; only public policy can provide that.
shows that technological change leads not to disruption, but to deeper, more enduring forms of market power.
The passing of America’s preeminent foreign-policy thinker and practitioner marks the end of an era. Throughout his long and extraordinarily influential career, Henry Kissinger built a legacy that Americans would be wise to heed in this new era of great-power politics and global disarray.
reviews the life and career of America’s preeminent foreign-policy scholar-practitioner.
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马德里——据称美国总统富兰克林·罗斯福在被问及美国是否支持臭名昭著的尼加拉瓜暴君索莫查时回答说,“他或许是个恶棍,但却是我们的恶棍。”无论杜撰与否,这则轶事都准确地总结了西方国家对世界的态度——上述态度奠定了冷战时期美国外交政策的基础。
但近来出现了一种更令人不安的情绪,即西方领导人不仅满足于“我们的恶棍”,而且满足于任何能稳定局势的恶棍,而不管会因此付出多大的代价。这是一种颇具诱惑力但却危险的心态。
经验本该推动西方领导人走向相反的方向。毕竟,随着时间的推移,事实证明貌似务实的冷战庇护主义其实远远不够理想。事实上,在很多情况下——比如伊朗国王,柬埔寨的朗诺,智利的奥古斯托·皮诺切特和刚果民主共和国的蒙博托——冷战庇护主义都造成了长期动荡和混乱的后果。
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