奥运之后举办国还能不能持续其经济社会繁荣,取决于能否及时而有效地进行另一轮制度改进。很多人在讨论奥运会能否带动经济增长,这就很大程度上颠倒了正确的因果关系。还有人在讨论奥运会能否赚钱,这同样是不得要领。人们可能过多地受洛杉矶奥运会的影响了,但洛城奥运会实在是当代奥运会的非主流。“当代”奥运会是指上个世纪60年代以来的奥运会。 Whether the hosting countries can maintain their economic and social prosperity after the Olympic Games depends on whether another round of institutional improvements can be implemented in time and effectively. Many people are discussing whether the Olympic Games can drive economic growth, which largely reverses the correct causal relationship. Others are discussing whether the Olympic Games can make money, this is equally unaffordable. People may be affected too much by the Los Angeles Olympic Games, but Los Angeles Olympic Games is indeed the mainstream of contemporary Olympic Games. “Contemporary ” Olympic Games refers to the Olympics since the 1960s.