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1、INPRAISEOF13BANKERS“13Bankersmakesitclearthatourfinancialsystemisbroken,andthatWallStreetandWashingtonbrokeit.Sadly,italsomakesitclearthattheywanttokeepitthatway.Thisgrippingbookexplainshowtheeconomiccrisisdevelopedandwhatmustbedonetocreateafairsystem,onethatwillbenefitallAmericansratherthanjus
2、tthosewhoaremembersoftheclub.”—HerbertA.AllenIII,PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer,Allen&Company“Overthelastfiftyyears,theFAA,theairlinemanufacturers,andtheairlinesworkedtogethertomakeahighlycomplexairtravelsystemmoreefficientandmuchsafer.Ifyou’veeverwonderedwhy,incontrast,ourfinancialregulator
3、sandbankshavemadeourfinancialsystemlessefficientandmuchmoredangerous,youshouldreadthisbook.”—PaulRomer,SeniorFellow,CenterforInternationalDevelopment,andInstituteforEconomicPolicyResearch,StanfordUniversity“Surelytheonlybookaboutthefinancialcrisisof2007–09thatbeginswithaquotefromTheGreatGatsby.
4、Buttheanalogyisappropriate.JohnsonandKwaknotonlytellusingreatdetailhowthecrisishappenedandwhatwemustdotoavoidanothercrisis,buttheyalsoseethedeeperpoliticalandculturalcontextthatpermittedcarelessnessandexcessnearlytobreakthefinancialsystemandplungeusintoadepression.”—BillBradley,formerUnitedStat
5、esSenator“As13Bankersmakeslucidlyandcompellinglyclear,theproblemwithWallStreetleadsdirectlytothecoreproblemofourdemocracy.Americanpoliticsnowfeedsonmoney,andWallStreetiswherethemoneyis.Unlessweseparatemoneyfrompolitics,we’llneverbesafefromanotherfinancialmeltdown.Infact,we’llneverreallybesafe.R
6、eadthisfinebookandgettowork.”—RobertB.Reich,ProfessorofPublicPolicy,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley;formerU.S.SecretaryofLabor“Thisisatimely,informative,andimportantbook.Youmaynotagreewithalltheanalysis,buttheissuessoclearlydiscussedarereal,current,andvitallyimportant.Financialindustryreformmu
7、stbeundertakensoon;inaction,astheauthorsconvincinglyargue,wouldhavedangerousconsequences.Thisbookexplainsitall,andit’sgreatreading.”—LawrenceK.Fish,formerChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficer,CitizensFinancialGroup“Prescientandpowerful