Stephen King, Group Chief Economist of HSBC, notes that when he asks recent university graduates (and HSBC recruits a large number of them) how much time they spent in lectures and seminars on the financial crisis, “most admitted that the subject had not even been raised.” Indeed, according to King, “Young economists arrive in the financial world with little or no knowledge of how the financial system operates.”
还有令人不安的证据表明，危机的消息还没有到达某些经济部门。汇丰银行集团首席经济学家史提芬·金（Stephen King）指出，当他询问应届大学毕业生（许多刚刚加入汇丰银行）他们花多少时间在关于金融危机的讲座和研讨会上时， “大多数承认这个问题甚至没有被提起过。”事实上正如史提芬·金所说，“年轻的经济学家进入金融领域时对金融系统如何运作知之甚少。”