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纽约——全世界正在陷入四分之一个世纪以来、也许是经济大萧条以来情况最严重的一次全球经济放缓。从不止一个方面来讲，这场危机都纯属“美国制造”。
美国以资产担保债券的形式，把有毒的抵押贷款出口到了世界各国。美国还输出所谓取消监管的自由市场理念、就连阿兰·格林斯潘这个泰斗级鼓吹者现在也不得不承认这是个错误。美国出口了不负责任的企业文化——不透明的股票期权，滋生出糟糕的会计制度，就像几年前在安然和世界通信公司丑闻中人们所看到的那样，成为导致这次崩溃的一个因素。最后，美国又将经济低迷出口到了全世界。
布什政府终于回过头来做所有经济学家敦促它做的事：为银行补充更多资本金。可是和每次一样，细节的好坏决定成败，而美国财政部长亨利·保尔森可能已经成功地推翻了这样一个正确理念，他似乎已经找到了办法，能在补充银行资本金的同时不恢复银行信贷，这对经济可不是什么好的预兆。
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