Back in 2002, when his reputation as “The Man Who Saved the World” was at its peak, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, came to Britain to pick up his knighthood. His biggest fan, Gordon Brown, now the prime minister, had ensured that the citation said it was being awarded for promoting “economic stability”.
在那次行程中，格林斯潘走訪了英國央行(BOE)貨幣政策委員會(MPC)。他對該委員會表示，在網絡泡沫破裂時，美國金融系統表現得很有彈性。股價跌去一半，并出現了大量債券違約，但沒有一家大型銀行倒閉。格林斯潘稱贊了復雜衍生工具使風險得以擴散的事實。一位MPC委員問道：這怎么可能？肯定有人遭受了損失，誰呢？格林斯潘臉上帶著恬靜的滿足感答道：“歐洲的保險公司。”
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