In the United States, all presidential candidates must make pilgrimages to Silicon Valley and other tech centers to raise money. Excessive financial-sector influence was, of course, a root cause of the 2008 meltdown and remains deeply implicated in today’s continuing eurozone mess.
其次，像金融业一样，高科技行业通过捐款和游说拥有了巨大的政治影响力。美国的所有总统候选人必须到硅谷和其他高科技中心去朝圣筹资。金融部门影响过大无疑是2008年危机的根本原因，而且在今天的欧元区乱象中仍然脱不了干系。