Proposals for reform of financial regulation are now everywhere. The most significant have come from the US, where President Barack Obama's administration last week put forward a comprehensive, albeit timid, set of ideas. But will such proposals make the system less crisis-prone? My answer is, no. The reason for my pessimism is that the crisis has exacerbated the sector's weaknesses. It is unlikely that envisaged reforms will offset this danger.
如今,金融監(jiān)管改革方案隨處可見,其中最值得關(guān)注的來(lái)自美國(guó)。6月中旬,巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)政府拿出了一套全面的方案,盡管它仍有些縮手縮腳。但這些提案能降低金融體系遭遇危機(jī)的幾率嗎?我的答案是否定的。我之所以如此悲觀,是因?yàn)槲C(jī)加劇了金融業(yè)的虛弱狀況。擬議中的改革不可能抵消掉這種危險(xiǎn)。