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Prince Muhammad's autocratic tendencies have economic consequences, too.
穆罕默德王子的專制傾向也會對經濟造成影響。
He aims, ambitiously, to wean the kingdom off oil.
他制定國家擺脫對石油依賴的宏大目標。
But investors are warned off by the capricious way he takes decisions.
但是他舉棋不定的決策方式嚇跑了投資者們。
Last year he locked up and seized assets from hundreds of businessmen, officials and princes in an "anti-corruption" drive that lacked even a hint of due process.
去年，在一場“反腐敗”運動中，他收繳了數百名商人、官員以及王子的資產。
His effort to spur the private sector is, oddly, top-down.
奇怪的是，他鼓勵私營企業的舉措由上而下發動。
The planned stockmarket listing of part of Aramco, the state oil giant, suffered from Prince Muhammad's micromanagement and has been postponed indefinitely.
國有石油巨頭沙特阿美石油公司計劃上市的部分飽受默罕默德王子的微觀管理之苦，并被無限期推遲。
Other grandiose projects, such as NEOM, a futuristic city staffed by robots, seem ill-considered.
其他大項目，如由機器人組成的未來式城市NEOM項目，看起來也是不切實際。
But advisers dare not challenge the prince.
但顧問們不敢反駁王子。
In countries like America, where Mr Khashoggi lived, the instinct has been to offer the prince weapons and support.
在像哈蘇吉居住的美國這樣的國家，本應給默罕默德王子提供武器和支持。
Instead, the prince's allies should make clear that he does not have a blank cheque—and that his rule would benefit from more openness.
相反，王子的盟友應明確表示不僅是給出一張空頭支票——他的統治將受益于更多的開放。
Mr Khashoggi, a former government adviser, often said that his criticism of the Saudi regime was nasiha, or friendly counsel.
哈蘇吉是前政府顧問，經常表明自己對沙特政權的批評是真誠的，或者說是友好的建議。
He did not consider himself a dissident and disliked the idea of regime change.
哈蘇吉認為自己不是持不同政見者，且不喜歡政權更迭的想法。
"It's just ridiculous," he told The Economist in July.
“這太荒謬了，”他在7月份《經濟學人》采訪時說道。
"I believe in the system—I just want a reformed system."
“我贊同這個系統——我只是希望它能改革。”
The Saudi regime should listen to its critics, not silence them.
沙特政權應當聽取其批評者的意見，而不是封上他們的嘴巴。
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