据说美国作为主宰世界的巨人已经突然精疲力尽了。美国已经不能再产生爱迪生、福特一类人物,而他们在一个世纪或更长的时间里曾使这个国家在世界范围内处于强大的技术领先地位。美国是英国病——政府管得太多、鼓励太少、承担义务太少——最新的受害者。美国的工业,昨天还能把这个世界看成是它的富有营养的猎物,而今天就必须设法对付来自更新的、更加精力充沛的国家的竞争者日益增强的攻势。那些担心美国的技术革新和生产能力在走下坡路的人所根据的理由,并非完全出于臆 It is said that the United States has suddenly become exhausted as a giant who dominates the world. The United States can no longer produce Edison, Ford, and a class of people who for a century or more had made this country a powerful technology leader worldwide. The United States is Britain’s disease - the government has too much, too little encouragement, too little commitment - the latest victim. U.S. industry yesterday could see the world as its nutritious prey, and today it must try to deal with the ever-increasing offensive of competitors from newer, more energetic countries. The reason that those who are worried about the decline in technological innovation and production capacity in the United States is not entirely due to