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Who is the best manager in the world? This column’s nomination would go to an 82-year-old who does not rate a mention in the Thi

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问题    Who is the best manager in the world? This column’s nomination would go to an 82-year-old who does not rate a mention in the Thinkers 50 awards for the best business minds, is not an innovator, does not do leverage, thinks derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction and runs a bunch of the most basic industries imaginable.
   His name, of course, is Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and he is perhaps the most successful business person ever. He does not write business bestsellers, but he conducts a masterclass via his annual letters to shareholders. Every aspect of Berkshire’s performance shows by opposition all that is wrong with contemporary capitalism.
   Reading his letters, it dawns that what Buffett is describing is a version, refined and updated, of the inclusive capitalism that was the norm until the late 1970s. Continuing to retain and reinvest profits to fuel future growth to benefit all stakeholders, including investors, Berkshire is the last great standout against the "downsize and distribute" policies that now dominate—policies privileging outsourcing, downsizing and the slashing of research and development and capital investment in favour of massive dividend payments and share buybacks to shareholders. With almost half a century of comparison to go on, we can now safely judge which approach is more successful.
   The conclusions contain some towering ironies. Berkshire confirms shareholders do better—much better—under a regime that optimizes returns to overall wellbeing than under one that focuses on shareholder value alone. Also striking are the radical results of business conservatism. A world with more Warren Buffetts and fewer quants and masters of the universe would be a wealthier and safer place. There would not be a financial crisis and our pensions would be safer. If the insurance industry was hit for $ 250 billion by some mega-catastrophe—three times larger than anything it has ever experienced—Berkshire would come through because it has so many streams of earnings, promises Buffett.
   Finally, Berkshire Hathaway shows we do not need to do a lot of new things to reinvent management—just to stop doing some bad existing ones. In short, Buffett is the kind of manager who could give capitalism a good name, were it not for all the other capitalist managers.
   
Which of the following is NOT true according to the author?
选项 A、Buffett is not one of Thinkers 50 awards for the best business minds.
B、Buffett thinks derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
C、Buffett is less wiser than quants and masters of the universe.
D、Buffett thinks stopping doing some bad existing things is more important.
答案C
解析 细节题。此类题目放在最后，是考查考生对全文的掌握程度，难度系数较高。C项“巴菲特不如数量分析专家和‘宇宙主宰者’聪明”是对A world with more Warren Buffetts and fewer quants and masters of the universe would be a wealthier and safer place这句话的误解，故C项为正确答案。
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