每当我们提起英国的时候,人们都会说它是世界上最老牌的资本主义国家。那么,是什么使英国最早发展了资本主义经济,使它在16世纪到20世纪初,逐步地称霸于世界,并在20世纪初,建立了地跨五大洲、从棕榈之乡直到松柏之国的“日不落”殖民大帝国呢?与此相对照,每当我们提起日本的时候,人们会这样讲,日本是世界上后起的资本主义国家, Whenever we mention the United Kingdom, people will say that it is the oldest capitalist country in the world. What then led Britain to develop its capitalist economy as early as possible and make it gradually dominate the world from the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, it established a system of five continents spanning from the land of palm to the land of pine and cypress In contrast with this, whenever we mention Japan, people would say that Japan is the capitalist country in the world after the world,