Perhaps it is time to take back the word “entrepreneur”. In the past few years, an army of academics, politicians, think-tanks and consultants have created a frantic merry-go-round of conferences, summits, workshops and festivals devoted to entrepreneurship. There they all hold incessant debates, panels and talks about what can be done to create more entrepreneurs – and hence more jobs. We all know this is the way for the private sector to revive, generate taxes to pay down debt, and get our economies growing again.
或許現在是收回「企業家」這個詞的時候了。在過去幾年裏,學者、政界人士、智庫和諮詢顧問們走馬燈似地舉辦了一場又一場以企業家精神爲主題的會議、峯會、研討會和專題活動。在這些活動中,他們就怎樣促使更多企業家湧現(從而創造更多就業)展開了無休止的辯論、座談和討論。我們都知道,這是民營部門實現復興、創造稅收(以償還債務)、以及重啓經濟成長的途徑。