And yet, despite large losses on their holdings in 2007-2008, top bankers fared significantly better than most of their shareholders did in 2000-2008. Even executives of the failed investment banks Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation, while the companies’ shareholders, who received some dividends along the way, fared much worse – not even considering their other crisis-related losses.
然而，尽管顶级银行家们所持的股份在2007年与2008年之间蒙受了巨大的损失，但却依然比其他大部分股东要好过得多。即使是破了产的贝尔斯登和雷曼兄弟投资银行的主管们也能获得数亿美元的补偿，而这些公司的股东们——虽然也跟着获得了一些分红——只得到了极为糟糕的保守，更别说其他跟危机相关的损失了。