Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics Emeritus and a former dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Senior Adviser to General Atlantic, and Chairman of the firm’s Global Growth Institute. He serves on the Academic Committee at Luohan Academy, and chairs the Advisory Board of the Asia Global Institute. He was Chairman of the independent Commission on Growth and Development, an international body that from 2006-10 analyzed opportunities for global economic growth, and is the author of The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World (Macmillan Publishers, 2012).
香港—11月是一个不平凡的月份。全球领导人齐聚一堂,参加四场重要会议:在柬埔寨举行的东盟会议、在印度尼西亚举行的 G20 峰会、在泰国举行的亚太经合组织 (APEC) 论坛以及在埃及举行的联合国气候变化大会 (COP27)。引人注目的不是会议的时间安排,而是会议提供的证据表明,国际舞台上的潮流可能正在从对抗转向新的合作。
近年来,全球经济似乎正在从多边参与和合作转向民族主义推动的竞争。一些国家——尤其是新兴经济体——试图抵制这一趋势,例如拒绝支持西方对俄罗斯的制裁。但这些努力似乎收效甚微。
许多观察家指出,全球化的彻底逆转几乎是不可能的。根据麦肯锡全球研究所(McKinsey Global Institute)的研究,没有哪个地区能够接近自给自足,更不用说国家了。但这并没有阻止一些国家和领导人——尤其是美国——追求自给自足。即使它们带来的只是部分去全球化,也会产生深远的影响,其中一些后果——例如通胀加剧和债务风险加剧——已经显而易见。
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