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Rob a bank and you risk a long stretch in jail. Run a bank whose dubious behavior leads to global economic collapse and you risk
Rob a bank and you risk a long stretch in jail. Run a bank whose dubious behavior leads to global economic collapse and you risk
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2015-11-16
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问题
Rob a bank and you risk a long stretch in jail. Run a bank whose dubious behavior leads to global economic collapse and you risk nothing of the sort, more likely a handsome pay-off.
Illegal and dangerous mistakes associated with the financial industry have caused serious harm to U. S. and world economies. The scandals keep coming—rate rigging, money laundering, mis-selling and sanctions busting. The backlash(反冲,反撞)against the industry shows no sign of easing.
So given the scale of damage and public anger, fuelled by the industry’s bonus culture, it is curious that those responsible have largely avoided punishment in the traditional judicial sense, despite the demand for it.
That we so want those involved to get their just deserts has its roots in ancient human forms of social control, which led to our modern sense of morality.
In their fundamental, hunter-gatherer forms, crime and punishment surely go back for tens of millennia(千年). The case has been made that by 45,000 years ago, or possibly earlier, people were practicing moralistic(说教的)social control much as we do.
Without exception, investigators that still exist today and best reflect this ancient way of life exert aggressive watch over their peers for the good of the group. Economic villains are mainly bullies who use threats or force to benefit themselves, along with thieves and cheats.
All are free-riders who take without giving, and all are punished by the group. This can range from mere criticism or ostracism(贝壳流放)to active shaming, ejection or even capital punishment. This moral behavior was reinforced over the millennia that such egalitarian(平等主义者)bands dominated human life.
Then around 12,000 years ago, larger, still—egalitarian sedentary(定居的)tribes arrived with greater needs for centralized control. Eventually clusters of tribes formed authoritative chiefdoms. Next came early civilizations, with centrally prescribed and powerfully enforced moral orders. One thing tied these and modern, state-based moral systems to what came before and that was the human capacity for moral indignation. It remains strong today.
So there is an inevitable discontentment when bankers seem to " get away with it" , offending this instinctive moral corrective sense.
And ultimately, such public opinion should strongly influence how we police fiscal deviants—but there are complicating factors that suggest this instinct is being undermined when it comes to taming the most harmful behavior in the banking world.
What does the author say about a person who runs a bank?
选项
A、He/She is usually rewarded.
B、He/She usually ends up in a prison.
C、He/She is sometimes involved in scandals.
D、He/She is less likely to be punished for his mistakes.
答案
D
解析
由题干关键词runs a bank可以定位到第一段第二句。由定位句可知,“管理一家银行,即使这家银行的冒险行为导致全球经济崩溃,你却不必因此而承担风险,相反你很有可能会得到一份丰厚的薪水”,因此,D)“他不太可能因其错误而受到惩罚”与原文意思相符,故为正确答案。
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