在一九○四年,英国殖民事务大臣约瑟夫·张伯伦对一群沾沾自喜的英国金融家讲了这么一番话:“既然你们就等于是全球票据交易所,你们是否丝毫没有焦虑,认为自己的位置能坐得长久呢?……银行业并非繁荣经济的创造者,而是繁荣经济创造了银行业。它不是我们财富的来源,而是我们的财富的衍生物。”张伯伦的这番话也许 In 1904, Joseph Chamberlain, the British colonial minister, told a group of complacent British financiers: “Since you are tantamount to a global exchange of bills, do you think you are in the least anxious about your place A long time to sit? ... Banking is not a creator of economic prosperity, but the economy has created banking ... It is not our source of wealth, but a derivative of our wealth. ”Chamberlain's remark may be