At a time when so many commentators hark back to 1929, it is worth recalling more recent history, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The contrast between the end of communism then and the much-exaggerated death of capitalism now is telling. Then, a popular movement swept away a brutal and long-discredited regime amid scenes of jubilation; now, voters are not celebrating, simply fretting that the good times might be over. Then, the hoped-for alternative to communism was clear: democracy and a market economy. Today, there is no convincing alternative.
“自由！”是一个持久不衰的战斗口号，而“自由市场！”却从未具有同样的号召力，即便在自由市场状况上佳的那些年亦是如此。今年算不上其中的一年。那么，2008年是资本主义灭亡的一年吗？如果答案是否定的，那么2009年我们是否该把资本主义从苦难中解救出来吗？我们对上述两个问题的答案都是否定的。
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