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ATOR: This was a new kind of financial crisis; unlike anything the International Monetary Fund had ever encountered。 The IMF organized huge loans for Indonesia and other Asian nations; on the condition they cut government spending; raise interest rates; and eliminate corruption。
旁白:这是一种金融危机的新形式,与以往国际货币基金组织所遇到过的任何一种危机都不同。国际货币基金组织为印度尼西亚和其他亚洲国家组织了巨额贷款,条件是他们削减政府开支,提高利率,以及消除腐败。
STANLEY FISCHER: You're the doctor going in to deal with a very sick patient。 The public blames the doctor for the fact that the patient is sick; but the patient was sick to begin with。 But these things are societally wrenching; and there are huge vested interests; and you wouldn't get into these crises if the vested interests weren't that important。 That I think is why it takes political change to deal with a crisis as big as this。
STANLEY FISCHER:你就是一个要治疗一个危重病人的医生。公众抱怨这个医生因为那个病人有病,但是,是病人先有的病。然而这些事情是会对社会造成伤害的,但又有人期望从中获取巨大的利益,而如果这些所期望的利益不那么重要的话,你是不会深入到这些危机中去的。这就是我认为的为什么要处理好这么大的一次危机需要政治改革的原因。
NARRATOR: To some of the region's entrenched leaders; the IMF's conditions smacked of a new kind of colonialism。
旁白:对于该地区的一些地位巩固的领导人来说,国际货币基金组织的条件就象是一种新形式的殖民主义强加给他们的条件。
MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD: Presently we see a well…planned effort to undermine the economies of all the Asian countries by destabilizing their currencies。
马哈蒂尔:目前,我们看到一种要通过使我们的货币币值不稳定的方法来达到破坏所有亚洲国家经济的目的的,计划周密的努力。
In the old days you needed to conquer a country with military force; and then you could control that country。 Today it is not necessary at all。 You can destabilize a country; make it poor; and then make a request for help; and for the help that is given; you gain control over the policies of the country; and when you gain control over the policies of a country; effectively you have coloniz
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