GENERAL DISCUSSION

摘要

Justin Wolfers suggested some alternative titles for the paper that might make one less comfortable about using the evidence presented, such as "Why Is the United States So Right-Wing?" or "Why Doesn't the Welfare State Flow to Rich Countries?" or "Why Doesn't Managed Capitalism Flow to Rich Countries?" Wolfers questioned the authors' notion that regulation, an inefficient mechanism, serves as punishment for corruption, and he wondered whether the authors were using "capitalism" as a synonym for "the absence of regulation," when in fact these are very different concepts.