Australia s promise

　　澳大利亞的未來

　　IMAGINE a country of about 25m people,democratic, tolerant, welcoming to immigrants,socially harmonious, politically stable and economically successful; good beaches too. Itsounds like California 30 years ago, but it is not: it is Australia today. Yet Australia couldbecome a sort of Californiaand perhaps a still more successful version of the Golden State.

　　想象這樣一個國家：大約2500萬人口，民主、寬容、歡迎移民、社會和諧、政治穩定、經濟成功，還有良好的海灘。聽上去這像是30年前的加利福利亞，不，這是現在的澳大利亞。不過，澳大利亞能夠成為某種形式上的加利福利亞，并且很可能比它更為成功。

　　It already has a successful economy, which unlike Californias has avoided recession since 1991,and a political system that generally serves it well. It is benefiting from a resources bonanzathat brings it quantities of money for doing no more than scraping up minerals and shippingthem to Asia. It is the most pleasant rich country to live in, reports a survey this week by theOECD. And, since Asias appetite for iron ore, coal, natural gas and mutton shows no signs ofabating, the bonanza seems set to continue for a while, even if it is downgraded to some lesserform of boom . However, as our special report in this issue makes clear, thecountrys economic success owes much less to recent windfalls than to policies applied over the20 years before 2003. Textbook economics and sound management have truly workedwonders.

　　澳大利亞已有成功的經濟，與加利福利亞不同，它自1991年以來就避開了衰退，得益于豐富的自然資源，僅僅是把礦產積攢起來并運往亞洲，就為澳大利亞帶來了大筆的財富。本周，經合組織一份調查報告顯示，澳大利亞是富國里面最適宜居住的國家。并且，由于亞洲國家對鐵礦石、媒、天然氣、羊毛的胃口看上去并無削減之勢，澳大利亞的好運還要持續一段時間即便蓬勃發展的勢頭有放緩之勢。。不過，就此問題，正如我們的專題報道中闡明的那樣，澳大利亞的經濟成功更多歸功于2003年前實施了20多年的政策，而非近來的意外之財。教科書式的經濟和完善的經營管理真實不假地創造了奇跡。

　　Australia s promise

　　澳大利亞的未來

　　IMAGINE a country of about 25m people,democratic, tolerant, welcoming to immigrants,socially harmonious, politically stable and economically successful; good beaches too. Itsounds like California 30 years ago, but it is not: it is Australia today. Yet Australia couldbecome a sort of Californiaand perhaps a still more successful version of the Golden State.

　　想象這樣一個國家：大約2500萬人口，民主、寬容、歡迎移民、社會和諧、政治穩定、經濟成功，還有良好的海灘。聽上去這像是30年前的加利福利亞，不，這是現在的澳大利亞。不過，澳大利亞能夠成為某種形式上的加利福利亞，并且很可能比它更為成功。

　　It already has a successful economy, which unlike Californias has avoided recession since 1991,and a political system that generally serves it well. It is benefiting from a resources bonanzathat brings it quantities of money for doing no more than scraping up minerals and shippingthem to Asia. It is the most pleasant rich country to live in, reports a survey this week by theOECD. And, since Asias appetite for iron ore, coal, natural gas and mutton shows no signs ofabating, the bonanza seems set to continue for a while, even if it is downgraded to some lesserform of boom . However, as our special report in this issue makes clear, thecountrys economic success owes much less to recent windfalls than to policies applied over the20 years before 2003. Textbook economics and sound management have truly workedwonders.

　　澳大利亞已有成功的經濟，與加利福利亞不同，它自1991年以來就避開了衰退，得益于豐富的自然資源，僅僅是把礦產積攢起來并運往亞洲，就為澳大利亞帶來了大筆的財富。本周，經合組織一份調查報告顯示，澳大利亞是富國里面最適宜居住的國家。并且，由于亞洲國家對鐵礦石、媒、天然氣、羊毛的胃口看上去并無削減之勢，澳大利亞的好運還要持續一段時間即便蓬勃發展的勢頭有放緩之勢。。不過，就此問題，正如我們的專題報道中闡明的那樣，澳大利亞的經濟成功更多歸功于2003年前實施了20多年的政策，而非近來的意外之財。教科書式的經濟和完善的經營管理真實不假地創造了奇跡。