银行家

Element: Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.

四册21 习惯与大自然和印第安人作斗争以求生存的拓荒者被政客、银行家和商人搞得晕头转向，最后被圈地、法律和外来的清规戒律所击败。

Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indian were bewildered by politicians, banks, and business-men, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos .

人们习惯于为了生存而斗争。印第安人被政客、银行家以及商人所欺骗，被道德、法律、及不同的宗教禁律所推翻。

These bankers were the very same ones who created these investments, and Wall Street's top analysts had vouched for their safety, even as Mr.

而创造这些投资产品的，正是这批银行家。

Even so, as taxpayers elsewhere dig deep to pay for their bankers' wheezes they might think that Canadians got a bargain.

即便如此，当其他国家的纳税人正不惜血本来承担银行家那些花招的代价时，他们也许会认为是加拿大人捡了便宜。

Even so, as taxpayers elsewhere dig deep to pay for their bankers' wheezes they might think that Canadians got a bargain.

尽管如此，当其他地方的纳税人在为银行家的生存支付更多费用时，他们仍然认为加拿大人占了便宜。

But it wasn't only the bankers.

但这并不只是银行家的问题。

Bankers say this is a good thing.

银行家们认为这是好事情。

But we have more lawyers and bankers!

但是我们有更多的律师和银行家！

Once again this year I was defeated by the Bankers in my family.

今年，我又一次被我做银行家的家人击败了。

That would be bad for bankers and good for everyone else.

这对银行家是坏事，对其他所有人都是好事。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。