刚独立的美国到处都是交易。法国作家托克维尔’谈到,尽管美国人谈起生意来,语言清楚明白,不加渲染和修饰,可一旦涉及比生意高尚的事儿,他们就夸夸其谈,言过其实。和比尔斯的观点如出一辙,托克维尔认为“原因是显而易见的。在民主体制下,几乎每个公民都在整日考虑着一个微不足道的小人物的利益,这个小人物就是他自 The newly independent United States is traded everywhere. Tocqueville, a French writer, said that although Americans speak of business, their language is plainly understood, they can be exaggerated and exaggerated when it comes to doing something nobler than business. In the same vein as Beers, Tocqueville argued that ”the reason is obvious." Under democratic institutions, almost every citizen is contemplating the interests of a trivial little man throughout the day,