双语阅读：华尔街心灵疾病加重的10个迹象

双语阅读： 华尔街心灵疾病加重的 10 个迹象 环球外汇股市上扬掩盖了危险的道德疾病 的确，道指和标普指数创下新高。但这次上涨隐藏了巨大风险：由于美国经济复苏停滞， 国内生产总值(GDP)转为负面。 各国央行行长在达沃斯警告称，廉价资金正吹起新的资产泡沫。末日博士麦嘉华(Marc Faber)认为，市场崩溃的几率很高。鲁比尼(Nouriel Roubini)则表示，要为完美的风暴做 好准备，而债券之王格罗斯(Bill Gross)认为“信贷超新星”将死。 反弹？泡沫？崩溃？全球？亚当?斯密(Adam Smith)的资本主义理想是否转而对抗市场和经 济,，加速日益萎缩的低利润池中残酷竞争的几率? 答案是明确的。今天，资本主义的目标是达到盈利。 利润、利润、利润：高汀(Seth Godin)警告说，我们对利润的痴迷正在感染整个美国文化。 高汀说的没错。问问你自己：国内生产总值、利润和资本主义是否成为了美国现今的“道 德罗盘”? 华尔街心灵疾病转移的 10 个迹象 2008 年华尔街银行信贷危机后不久，我们发现了资本主义、利润病毒和心灵疾病突变的症 状。证交所主席新任命了一位检察官，现在证实重新审视过去 5 年政府未能揭露哪些问题 的绝佳时机。 花一点时间，通过这 10 个道德病理学症状来诊断一下我们的银行文化，着重关注高盛在 2009 年的表现，因为其与财政部长有利益冲突。然而自那时起，有毒的文化就已开始转移， 传染了银行体系、经济和民主。 以新的眼光去看，问问你自己，自 2008 年以来，美国对“利润病毒”的痴迷是否令其更好： 1.自恋的利己主义：极端上帝情结 2.病态的说谎者：无法诚实，即使是与自己的投资者 3.偏执的执着：保密、内疚和不揭示 4.边缘型人格分裂：忽视利益冲突 5.迷恋自大狂：利用政府获取个人利润 6.完全否认：贪婪、腐败和对经济的损害 7.没有信托责任：只对内部人士负相关责任，合谋欺骗投资者 8.道德的失败：只是公关问题，下次别被抓住就行了 9.慈善捐款：税收和公关机会，并非道德议题 10.阴谋掩盖欺诈：假装谦卑，假道歉 在这 10 个症状重，问问自己：自 2008 年崩盘以来，华尔街有改善吗？还是它让我们的伟 大的国家进一步受难，使美国在过去五年间变得更糟？另一个泡沫吹起来了吗？华尔街对 利润的痴迷是否将我们推向了更大的市场和经济崩溃，使美国接近第二次大萧条? 10 signs Wall Streets soul sickness grows worse Rally hides dangerous moral pathology Yes, the Dow and S&P500 hit new highs. But the rallys hiding huge risks: GDP turns negative as U.S. economic recovery stalls. Worlds central bankers at Davos warn cheap moneys blowing a new asset bubble. Dr. Doom, Marc Faber, “loves the high odds of a big-time market crash.” Another, Nouriel Roubini, says “prepare for a perfect storm,” while Bond King Bill Gross sees a “credit supernova” dead ahead. Rally? Bubble? Crash? Global? Is Adam Smiths capitalist ideal turning against our markets and economy, accelerating the odds of more brutal competitive wars over an ever-shrinking, low-margin profits pool? The answer is clear. Today, the goal is to reach the profit. Profits, profits, profits: Seth Godin warns that our obsession with profits is infecting the entire American culture. Godin is onto something. Ask yourself: Are GDP, profits and capitalism now Americas “moral compass” ? 10 symptoms of Wall Streets metastasizing soul sickness Shortly after the 2008 Wall Street bank credit meltdown we identified the symptoms of this mutation of capitalism, profits virus, and soul sickness. With the new SEC chairman appointment of a prosecutor this is a perfect time to update, reexamine what government missed exposing the past five years. Take a moment to diagnose our bank culture through these 10 symptoms of moral pathology, focused on Goldman Sachs in 2009 because of its conflicts of interest with the Treasury secretary. Since then, however, that toxic culture has metastasized, spreading deep into our banking system, economy and democracy. Look with fresh eyes and ask yourself if Americas “profits virus” obsession made us better place since 2008: 1. Narcissistic self-interest: with an extreme God complex 2. Pathological liars: incapable of honesty even with own investors 3. Paranoid obsessive: about secrecy, guilt and non-disclosure 4. Borderline split personalities: ignoring conflicts of interest 5. Power-mad egomaniacs: running government for personal profits 6. Total denial: of own greed, corruption, damage to economy 7. No fiduciary duty: only to insiders, conspired to defraud investors 8. Moral failures: Just a PR problem, dont get caught next time 9. Charitable donations: tax and PR opportunities, not moral issues 10. Conspiracies cover-up fraud: Feign humility and fake apologies In all 10 areas, ask yourself: Has Wall Street improved since the 2008 crash? Or has it torn our great nation down further, made America worse in the past five ye