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One lesson of the financial crisis is this: when the entire financial system succumbs(屈服)to panic, only the government is powerf
One lesson of the financial crisis is this: when the entire financial system succumbs(屈服)to panic, only the government is powerf
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2014-09-30
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One lesson of the financial crisis is this: when the entire financial system succumbs(屈服)to panic, only the government is powerful enough to prevent a complete collapse. Panics signify the triumph of fear. Troubled Assets Relief Program(TARP)was part of the process by which fear was overcome. It wasn’t the only part, but it was an essential part. Without TARP, we’d be worse off today. No one can say whether unemployment would be 11% or 14% ; it certainly wouldn’t be 8.9%.
That benefited all Americans. TARP, says Douglas Elliott of the Brookings Institution, "is the best large federal program to be despised by the public." The source of outrage is no secret. Bankers are blamed for the crisis and reviled. The bank bailout—TARP’s first and most important purpose—was unpopular. Most Americans, says Elliott, "believe that taxpayers spent $ 700 billion and got nothing in return."
What this ignores is that an alternative being promoted at the time was widespread nationalization of banks. The cost would have been many times higher; the practical problems would have been enormous. As it was, TARP invested $ 245 billion in banks. The extra capital helped restore trust. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve increased its lending; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. guaranteed $ 350 billion of bank borrowings. Banks resumed dealing with each other because they regained confidence that commitments would be honored. Of the $245 billion invested in banks, the Treasury has already recovered about $244 billion, including interest payments, dividends(红利), and cash from sold bank stock warrants. So the bank rescue has roughly broken even. When TARP’s remaining bank investments are closed, the Treasury expects an overall profit of about $ 20 billion.
Almost all of TARP’s activities have been distasteful. This was surely true of the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler. But the automakers’ collapse would clearly have worsened already gloomy unemployment. Did we really want these companies to shut down, with some plants sold to foreign automakers? We need to remember that TARP was a desperate program for desperate times. But some criticisms are broad generalities that, on inspection, are highly suspect. One common assertion is that TARP will encourage more reckless risk-taking because big financial firms know they’ll be bailed out if their gambles backfire. Bankers keep profits but are protected against losses, which are assumed by the public.
This is a serious issue, but TARP’s legacy is actually the opposite. During the crisis, investors in banks and financial institutions suffered huge losses. It wasn’t predictable which institutions would survive and which wouldn’t—or on what terms. The same would be true in the future. Indeed, TARP’s extreme unpopularity compounds uncertainty, because it suggests that politicians will recoil(退缩)from more bailouts. The moral hazard is more imagined than real.
What’s the author’s attitude towards the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler?
选项
A、Indifferent.
B、Doubtful.
C、Supportive.
D、Concerned.
答案
C
解析
观点态度题。第四段分析了问题资产纾解计划对通用汽车公司和克莱斯勒汽车公司的救助。作者首先指出两家汽车公司的倒闭必然会使已经惨淡的失业情况变得更加糟糕,接着用一个反问句引人深思,然后总结说问题资产纾解计划是在危急时期实行的紧急计划。由此可见,作者对该计划救助两家汽车公司是支持的,故答案为C)。A)“漠不关心的”,与原文意思不符,故排除;B)“怀疑的”,第四段第三句说如果没有救助,两家汽车公司就会倒闭,从而会造成更多人失业,可见作者肯定了该计划的作用,故排除;D)“担忧的”,不符合文意,故排除。
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