The decisions taken by the European Central Bank are a particularly dramatic example of this problem, taken as they are by a simple majority of a body that is not even democratically elected. The ECB’s decisions lead to a massive redistribution of wealth and risk among the eurozone’s member states, as well as from stable countries’ taxpayers, who have little stake in the crisis, to global investors directly affected by it.
欧洲央行的决策是这一问题的生动写照，这是一个简单多数胜出的机构，甚至都不是通过选举而产生的。欧洲央行的决策导致了欧元区成员国之间大规模的财富和风险重新分配，慷稳定国纳税人之慨（他们与危机无甚关系），救直接受危机影响的全球投资者。