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The collapse of several crypto platforms this year – including the spectacular crash of the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX – has raised fundamental questions about the credibility of a digital innovation once hailed as the key to democratizing finance. Has crypto finally been exposed as a scam, or will a new, stronger crypto industry emerge from the current turmoil?
华盛顿—罗伯特·佐利克即将卸任世界银行行长一职，再一次将布雷顿森林双生儿（世界银行和国际货币基金组织）领导人这一棘手问题抛给了世人。在世行和IMF诞生的时候，凯恩斯曾发出过著名的警告：如果这两个机构不能得到优秀的领导人，那么它们将“陷入永恒的沉睡，永远无法在人世间的法院和市场中苏醒过来，让人听见它们的声音。”
当然，要获得优秀的领导人，就必须有谨慎的选择过程。但是，如今，世界正走在相反的道路上，恪守着早已过时的顽固流程，美国和欧洲不管经济状况多么糟糕，分别把持世行和IMF首脑的垄断地位。
人们已经勉强达成了共识，这一体系必须有所改变。但维持现状——欧洲和美国拒绝改变，新兴市场国家无可奈何——的力量依然强大。从去年拉加德被选为IMF领导人一事中便可一窥端倪。美国的选举年政治将进一步强化这一力量，奥巴马政府不可能放弃全球权力的象征，这将导致反对派获得微弱领导权。
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