What today’s global market economy teaches many of us who are involved in political life is that even when they are inconvenient, the laws of economies, like the laws of physics, cannot be repealed for the convenience of governments. The economic principles for national success are as difficult to implement as they are easy to state. There is a paradox in all our countries. Just as a new global economy creates more to look forward to than ever before, it also brings more uncertainty and more change to worry about than ever before.
That is why the challenge of crafting economy policy in your country as in mine is one of balance. A balance between moving toward necessary objectives and maintaining stability. A balance between responding to global realities and upholding domestic traditions. And a balance between the virtues of competition as the best known motivator and driver of success, and the importance of cohesion and cooperation as sources of strength for our societies. These balances will have to be struck and calibrated every year in every country in this new global economy. If one looks at the success over the long term of the economy in any developed country, more than any scientific innovation, what has been important is a potent social innovation. This is what one might call the intangible infrastructure of a modern market economy.
参考答案：当今全球市场经济教给我们许多从政者的道理是，经济学法则如同物理法则一样，即使会带来诸多不便，也不能为了政府的便宜行事而取消。使国家取得成功的经济准则说起来容易，执行起来难。所有国家都面对着一个矛盾的现实：一个新的全球经济给我们带来了前所未有的期盼，同时也使我们对前所未有的不确定性和多变性而忧虑不安。
这就是为什么贵国和我们国家制定经济政策时都面临这些平衡的挑战：即在达到必要目标与保持稳定之间的平衡；在应对全球现实与维护国内传统之间的平衡；在竞争的优越性与团结和合作的重要性之间的平衡。因为竞争被视为获得成功的最佳推动力，而团结和合作则被认为是我们社会的力量源泉。在这个新全球经济中，每个国家年年都要设法达到和校准这些平衡。只要看一下任何一个发达国家经济所取得的长期成功，我们可以发现，比起任何科技创新来说，强有力的社会创新更为重要。这就是我们可以称之为现代市场经济无形基础设施的要素。