霸权的代价——从美国霸权衰落分析美国金融危机的起因

The Cost of Hegemony——American Hegemonic Decline Accounts for the American Financial Crisis

2007年一场突如其来的金融危机震惊了世界,学者们从不同角度对此次金融危机的产生原因给出了各种解释。本文认为此次金融危机的爆发,根源在于美国霸权的衰落。美国霸权的衰落体现在其用来支撑霸权的能力衰落,这与其继续维持霸权的意愿发生了矛盾。为了向世界分摊其霸权成本,美国倡导并实施了一系列金融措施,最终导致了波及范围广泛的世界性金融危机。但最终,美国自食其果。

In 2007, an unpredicated financial crisis had the world dumbfounded. Scholars have given explanations of all descriptions to its origin in different perspectives. This paper maintains that the outbreak of the current financial crisis originates from the decline of American hegemony, and in turn, the decline of American hegemony has been incarnated by the decline of the the abilities to sustain hegemony. This situation contradicts the American wishes to prolong its hegemony. The series of financial measures initiated and practiced by US in order to have the world share the cost of hegemony has eventually led to a far - reaching international financial crisis. Afierall, what the US has done boomerangs.