在美国的经济结构的变革进程中,外部因素起着很重要的作用。正如历史经验所证实的那样,外部经济条件对一个正处于结构转变时期的国家经济施加的影响最大。它们能够明显地加快或者阻扰结构变革的进程,赋予这一进程某些新的特点。近20年来,美国与其他西方发达国家之间的资本流动不断加强,80年代美国已经成为世 In the process of the economic restructuring in the United States, external factors play a very important role. As the historical experience has demonstrated, the external economic conditions have exerted the most influence on the economy of a country that is now in a period of structural change. They can significantly accelerate or disrupt the process of structural change, giving some new features to the process. In the recent 20 years, capital flows between the United States and other western developed countries have been continuously strengthened. In the 1980s, the United States has become a world