At its September summit in Pittsburgh, the Group of 20 leading economies in the world proclaimed themselves as the supreme global economic institution, replacing the increasingly flimsy and unrepresentative Group of Eight and outlining greater power for their new grouping. The dominant public reaction has been positive. After all, the G20 represents 85 per cent of the world's economy and two-thirds of its population and though large in number it is still small enough to be effective.
在9月份的匹茲堡峰會上,二十國集團(G20)自詡為最高全球性經(jīng)濟機構(gòu),將取代逐漸喪失價值、缺乏代表性的八國集團(G8),并為這個新團體勾勒出了更廣泛的權(quán)力框架。公眾對此大都給予積極回應(yīng)。畢竟,G20擁有全球85%的經(jīng)濟產(chǎn)出和三分之二的人口,盡管成員國數(shù)量較多,但仍較為緊湊,足以發(fā)揮效力。