Embracing Life’s Wisdom
We must draw our standards from the natural world. We must honor
with the humility of the wise the bonds of that natural world and the
mystery which lies beyond them, admitting that there is something
in the order of being which evidently exceeds all our competence.
— V ÁCLAV H AVEL 1
I sympathize, therefore, with those who would minimize, rather than
with those who would maximize, economic entanglement between
nations. Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel—these are the
things which should of their nature be international. But let goods
be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible,
and above all, let finance be primarily national.
— J OHN M AYNARD K EYNES 2
in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial debacle, a New York
Times editorial on Vietnam’s economic policies chided those Vietnamese
who “dream of some middle course that would allow them the benefits of
capitalist development without increased foreign influence and a weaken-
ing of domestic political control.”3 In the view of the Times, “Such dreams
are illusory, as other socialist countries trying to step halfway into the
world market have discovered.”
In a way the Times is right. When a country opens itself to capital-
ism, corporate rule comes with the package. Yet behind this truth lies a
larger assumption, which is that Vietnam has no real options and that
Embracing Life’s WisdomWe must draw our standards from the natural world. We must honorwith the humility of the wise the bonds of that natural world and themystery which lies beyond them, admitting that there is somethingin the order of being which evidently exceeds all our competence.— V ÁCLAV H AVEL 1I sympathize, therefore, with those who would minimize, rather thanwith those who would maximize, economic entanglement betweennations. Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel—these are thethings which should of their nature be international. But let goodsbe homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible,and above all, let finance be primarily national.— J OHN M AYNARD K EYNES 2in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial debacle, a New YorkTimes editorial on Vietnam’s economic policies chided those Vietnamesewho “dream of some middle course that would allow them the benefits ofcapitalist development without increased foreign influence and a weaken-ing of domestic political control.”3 In the view of the Times, “Such dreamsare illusory, as other socialist countries trying to step halfway into theworld market have discovered.”In a way the Times is right. When a country opens itself to capital-ism, corporate rule comes with the package. Yet behind this truth lies alarger assumption, which is that Vietnam has no real options and that
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