MANILA – Eighty years ago this month, Ferdinand Pecora, the cigar-chomping former assistant district attorney for New York City, was appointed chief counsel for the US Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. In subsequent months, the hearings of the Pecora Commission featured many sensational revelations about the practices that led to the 1930’s financial crisis.
马尼拉——八十年前的1月，爱叼雪茄的纽约市前地方检察官费迪南德·佩科拉（Ferdinand Pecora）被任命为美国参议院银行货币委员会总答辩人（Chief Counsel）。其后几个月里，佩科拉委员会出席一系列听证，揭露了导致20世纪30年代金融危机的许多骇人听闻的勾当。