But Douthat says the same sort of phenomenon has cropped up in the realm of public policy with such endeavors as the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, or the European Union's creation of a common currency.
但杜塔特认为,同样的现象也出现在公共政策领域,比如越战和伊战,以及欧盟创造统一货币。
These cases should not be viewed as isolated anomalies, but rather as indicators of a global phenomenon, according to Lester Brown of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute.
设在华盛顿的地球政策研究所的莱斯特·布朗(Lester Brown)说:这些事件不能孤立地看作个别异常现象,而应被视为一种全球现象的指示。
It is an unusual phenomenon, a country growing old before it grows rich, and it has consequences that go beyond retirement policy.
这是一个不同寻常的现象,一个国家在变富之前已经变老,它的后果远远不限于退休政策。
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