China Tells

金融危机以来，美国政府陆续成为美国几家最大的公司的最大股东，比如花旗银行（43%），美国银行等等。同时美国政府也出手挽救了一些濒临破产的公司，如通用汽车，克莱斯勒等等。这是否以为着美国政府正在走社会主义道路?美国这个资本主义阵营里的老大哥是否要抛弃私有化，跑步奔向马克思主义？经济学家叶檀和陈志武就此展开讨论（点击此处阅读原文）。目前看来，奥巴马总统属于保守左派似乎没有什么疑问，美国政府的保护主义倾向应该会越来越严重，很可能走向罗斯福当年的老路。照此以往，世界经济通过开放贸易和自由竞争来走出衰退的希望几乎为零。中国如果保持人民币对美元的锁定汇率，可能还能保住出口对国民经济产值的贡献。一旦人民币汇率被迫重调，管中窥豹判断美国政府的政策导向，中国出口受到限制几乎板上钉钉。

America is the most powerful state in the camp of world capitalism. However, the current Obama administration shows a strong signal of socializing the country. For example, American government now is the biggest shareholder of some big financial institutions such as Citi, AIG, BOA, and big manufacturers such as GM. Why shall the government save these companies? Shouldn’t the government allow them to go down like what they did to Lehman Brother? It is a big question and debate not only in America but also in other countries. After all, due to globalization and world presense of multinational corporations, a butterfly’s move in America could could have an impact on almost any corner of the planet.