Over the past year and a half, in the wake of Thomas Philippon and Ariell Reshef’s estimate that 2% of US GDP has been wasted in the pointless hypertrophy of the financial sector, evidence that America’s financial system is less a device for efficiently sharing risk and more a device for separating rich people from their money – a Las Vegas without the glitz – has mounted.
过去一年半中，菲利庞（Thomas Philippon）和雷谢夫（Ariell Reshef）估算美国GDP有2%被浪费在金融部门毫无意义的臃肿之中，此后，有如山积的证据表明美国金融体系与其说是有效分担风险的装置，不如说是将富人的钱隔离起来的装置——就像是不为人知的拉斯维加斯。