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A leading expert on economic development and poverty alleviation1 says the panic that followed the eruption2 of the financial crisis last year is probably over. But he warns global financial instability is likely to go on for years because nations have only come up with short-term remedies and have not addressed the structural3 changes needed to reform the economic system.
Economist4 Jeffrey Sachs directs Colombia University's Earth Institute
The director of the Earth Institute, Jeffrey Sachs, says the panic phase of the current crisis is probably over, as is the fear that the world economy could fall into a depression.
But while nations have managed to avoid the worst, he says the global economy remains5 on average very bad, with the poorest countries living on the edge of survival.
Sachs blames the financial crisis on a disastrously6 bad monetary7 policy and disastrously poor financial regulation.
"The crisis has its epicenter in Wall Street. If I had to point to one clear trigger of this crisis, it was the emergence8 of a ... completely failed and inappropriate credit default swap9 market, which went from zero to $62 trillion in seven years without a single regulator paying attention to it. And, that CDS market, the Credit Default Swap Market, was a kind of fairy dust that was sprinkled over the world financial system to make believe that toxic10 assets were safes," said Sachs.
He says it is unclear whether governments will get a properly regulated system that will be safer for everybody. He also expresses his disdain11 for the multimillion-dollar bonuses corporate12 executives receive and fears this practice will continue.
Sachs is a strong proponent13 of environmentally friendly technology. When the financial crisis hit last year, he says many people looked forward to a so-called green recovery.
He says they thought increased investment in new technology aimed at climate change mitigation and environmental conservation would salvage14 the global economy.
"This has not occurred. There has been no green recovery. There has been no significant investment in renewable energy sources. No major increase in sustainable infrastructure15. What has happened is that the panic has been broken through very expansionary monetary and fiscal16 policies, but not through structural change," Sachs said.
He says governments have not come up with real structural change that can give a perspective over the course of years and decades.
He says there are no coherent policies linking the macroeconomics, the environmental concerns, and the development concerns. Therefore, he says the world economy remains highly unbalanced and highly fragile.
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n. 减轻,缓和,解痛物 | |
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n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作 | |
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adj.构造的,组织的,建筑(用)的 | |
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n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人 | |
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5 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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6 disastrously | |
ad.灾难性地 | |
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7 monetary | |
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的 | |
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n.浮现,显现,出现,(植物)突出体 | |
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9 swap | |
n.交换;vt.交换,用...作交易 | |
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adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的 | |
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11 disdain | |
n.鄙视,轻视;v.轻视,鄙视,不屑 | |
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12 corporate | |
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的 | |
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14 salvage | |
v.救助,营救,援救;n.救助,营救 | |
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n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施 | |
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adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的 | |
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