查理芒格 新加坡是最成功政府體係

查理芒格：'如果你想要一個口頭禪，它來自'新加坡第一任總理
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Aarthi Swaminathan 2019 年 5 月 4 日

伯克希爾哈撒韋公司的副主席查理芒格周六表示，他一生遵循的一個口頭禪來自新加坡的李光耀，他是新加坡第一位執政三十年的總理。

芒格在內布拉斯加州奧馬哈舉行的年度伯克希爾哈撒韋公司（BRK-A，BRK-B）股東大會上回答有關人性的問題時說，該國的開國元勳有一個他非常喜歡的成功公式。

“李光耀——他是最偉大的國家建設者，可能是世界曆史上最偉大的建設者——他一生一遍又一遍地說過一件事，”那就是“弄清楚什麽是有效的，然後去做 ”芒格說。

“如果你想要一個咒語，它來自李光耀，”他說。

因為有了這種態度，芒格說，“你隻要帶著來自你自己國家的簡單哲學去生活，你會發現它非常有效。 弄清楚什麽是有效的，然後去做。”

“這不是紙牌遊戲”
在李光耀幾十年的領導下，新加坡從英國的前哨基地轉變為全球貿易和金融巨頭。

從 1965 年獨立時的兩位數失業率和相對微不足道的人均 GDP 516 美元，到今天約 2.2% 的就業率和超過 57,000 美元的人均 GDP，該國一直被經濟學家和政治家譽為成功的典範 一樣。

但李光耀經常因使用高壓手段平息內部動蕩而受到批評。

2015 年 3 月 23 日，一名男子在丹戎巴葛社區俱樂部向已故前總理李光耀致敬，該選區是李光耀自 1955 年以來作為國會議員代表的選區。新加坡第一任總理李光耀去世 周一，他享年 91 歲，引發了對這位見證了這個小城邦從英國殖民地死水之地迅速崛起為全球貿易和金融中心的人的悼念。 路透社/埃德加蘇 2015 年 3 月 23 日，一名男子在丹戎巴葛社區俱樂部向已故前總理李光耀致敬，該選區是李光耀自 1955 年以來作為國會議員代表的選區。路透社/埃德加蘇

他在 1980 年的一次集會上宣稱：“無論誰統治新加坡，都必須擁有鋼鐵般的意誌，否則就放棄。這不是紙牌遊戲，這是你我的生命。 我花了一生的時間來建造這個。 隻要我負責，就沒有人會打倒它。”

眾所周知，芒格喜歡這位世界領導人，他還表示，他喜歡李光耀獨特的——有時是有爭議的——政策舉措。

2010 年，在密歇根大學的問答環節中，芒格也對這個島國給予了高度評價：“新加坡是世界上最成功的政府體係，”他說。 “如果你研究李光耀的生活和工作，你會發現人類曆史上最有趣、最有啟發性的政治故事之一。”——

Charlie Munger: 'If you want one mantra, it comes from' Singapore's first prime minister

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 Aarthi Swaminathan May 4, 2019

 

Berkshire Hathaway’s vice chair, Charlie Munger, said Saturday that the one mantra he followed in life came from Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore who governed for three decades.

Responding to a question about human nature at the annual Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, Munger said the country’s founding father had a formula for success that he quite liked.

“Lee Kuan Yew — who is the greatest nation builder, probably that ever lived in the history of the world — he said one thing over and over and over again all his life,” and that was to “figure out what works and do it,” said Munger.

“If you want one mantra, it comes from Lee Kuan Yew,” he said.

Because with that attitude, said Munger, “You just go at life with that simple philosophy from your own national group, You will find it works wonderfully well. Figure out what works and do it.”

‘This is not a game of cards’

Under decades of Lee Kuan Yew’s leadership, Singapore transformed itself from a British outpost into a global trade and finance giant.

From unemployment in the double-digits and a relatively meager GDP per capita of $516 at its independence in 1965 to around 2.2% employment and a GDP per capita in excess of $57,000 today, the country has been hailed as a success story by economists and politicians alike.

But Lee Kuan Yew has often been criticized for using heavy-handed tactics to quell internal unrest.

A man bows as he pays his respects to late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew at Tanjong Pagar community club, in the constituency which Lee represented as Member of Parliament since 1955, in Singapore March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

“Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him, or give it up,” he declared during a rally in 1980. “This is not a game of cards, this is your life and mine. I spent a whole lifetime building this. And as long as I’m in charge, nobody’s gonna knock it down.”

Munger, who has made his fondness for the world leader known, has also said he liked Lee Kuan Yew’s unique — and at times controversial — policy moves.

In 2010 during a Q&A session at the University of Michigan, Munger also had high praise for the island nation: “Singapore is the single most successful governmental system to exist in the world,” he said. “If you will make a study of the life and work of Lee Kuan Yew, you’ll find one of the most interesting and instructive political stories written in the history of mankind.”—

Aarthi is a writer for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter @aarthiswami.

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