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 about the question of why capitalism triumphs in the West and fails everywhere else。 Wele。

CHARLIE ROSE,记者,谈话节目主持人:Hernando de Soto曾被成为第三世界最重要的经济学家,他是市场经济学和拉丁美洲贫困人口权利的领袖。在他的最新著作《资本的奥秘》里他谈到了为什么资本主义在西方取得胜利而在世界其它地方遭到失败的原因。欢迎。

HERNANDO DE SOTO: So the important thing about a capitalist system is that it's a system of representations。 Therefore it's a little bit like when I go to the United States。 People ask me for my identity; and I say: "My identity is me。 I mean; look at my face。 I am Hernando de Soto。" But the man at the ; "Look; give me your passport。"

HERNANDO DE SOTO:关于资本主义体系有一个重要的问题:资本主义是一个代表制体系。因此,有点儿象我到美国来的时候,人们询问我的身份,我说:“我就是我啊,我是说,看看我的脸,我是Hernando de Soto。”但是美国移民局的人说:“给我看看你的护照。”

The reason that things travel so well in the market economy of the United States; and values travel from one place to another; is because they all have passports。 And the real value is like my identity。 It's not in me; it's in my passport。 Real value to pay the hotel room is not in me; it's in the credit card。 And so what happens is that this system by representation; it requires of course that all the representations …… the credit cards; the passports; the IDs; the property titles; and the shares …… be organized by a system of law that allows people to be able to trust what they're dealing with。

美国市场经济运转良好以及商品在各地之间流动顺利的原因是:它们都拥有护照。实际的价值就和我的护照一样,而不在于我自己,我的价值在于我的护照,支付旅店费用的实际价值不在于我自己,而在于我的信用卡。事实是:这个体系是个代表制体系,当然要求所有具有代表作用的事物——信用卡、护照、身份证、财产所有权和股票——由一个法律体系来进行组织,此体系使人们能信任他们正在打交道的人。

NARRATOR: In September 2000; de Soto published his explanation of why capitalism hasn't worked for the poor。 He took his message directly to some of Latin America's most remote regions。

旁白:在2000年9月,de Soto发表了一篇文章,对资本主义制度在穷国不起作用的原因进行了解释,他将他的信息直接带到了一

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