Is the marriage between liberal democracy and global capitalism an enduring one? Political developments across the west — particularly the candidacy of an authoritarian populist for the presidency of the most important democracy — heighten the importance of this question. One cannot take for granted the success of the political and economic systems that guide the western world and have been a force of attraction for much of the rest for four decades. The question then arises: if not these, what?
自由民主制和全球資本主義之間的聯姻會不會長久?西方的政治發展令這個問題愈發重要——尤其是,在最重要的民主國家中,一位威權主義的民粹主義者獲得了總統候選人資格。對於引導西方世界、並在四十年來一直吸引其他許多地區的政治和經濟制度,人們不能把其成功看作理所當然。那麼,這就產生了一個問題:如果這些不復存在,會發生什麼?