21世纪的新国家经济视野将不仅仅是对自身的简单重复，或者附生于由仇外或者种族国家主义驱动的野心勃勃的选举行策略 — — 这些都是20世纪的做法了。 在21世纪的世界，社会组织的行为模式应该更多的采取说服而不是征服的策略。
These new national visions of economics in the twenty-first century are not simply turning in on themselves, or embarking on aggressive campaigns driven by xenophobic and racial nationalism – that was the world of the twentieth century.  In the world of the twenty-first century, models of social organization have to persuade rather than conquer.  The world looks for local or national solutions to global problems.  Frau Merkel won the election because she formulated a clear answer.