2017考博英语阅读题源经济学人文章每日精析(五十八)

2017-01-19 08:41:20来源:网络

  A populist boomerang

  自食恶果的民粹主义

  The astounding success of the south Asians who were booted out of Kenya and Uganda in the 1970s and ended up in Britain suggests that Africa would have done well to keep them. Migrants bring dynamism and fresh ideas to poor and middle-income countries as well as rich ones; the lump-of-labour fallacy is just as fallacious in the developing world. Sometimes governments realise this and pull back. In 2014 South Sudan unveiled a mad plan to force companies to sack their foreign workers within a month. It backtracked when firms and charities pointed out that they could not function without Kenyans and other immigrants. South Sudan is not exactly overflowing with skilled graduates who can keep the lights on.

  南亚人在上世纪70年代被赶出肯尼亚和乌干达后,最终定居在英国从而取得了惊人成就,这暗示非洲会取得成功。移民给贫穷国家,中等国家以及富裕大国带去了活力和新鲜的想法;关于提供充足劳动力的谬论对于发展中国家来说是虚假的。有时政府意识到这一点并开始纠正。2014南苏丹公布了一项疯狂的计划,迫使公司在一个月内解雇外国工人。直到企业和慈善机构指出,没有肯尼亚人和其他移民,他们无法正常运转,这改变了政府的主意。南苏丹当地实际上并没有过多能够促进经济发展的优秀毕业生。

  It would be far better for the immigrants and for the countries where they fetch up if governments widened the legal routes for settlement. At present some of the world’s least appealing places have the toughest visa requirements and expect economic migrants to jump through the tiniest hoops. You would think their streets were paved with gold.

  如果政府扩大解决的法律路线,对移民和他们的国家都会更好你可能会觉得他们的街道铺满了金子。


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