· The profits of the investment-banking oligarchy (the handful of global investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan Chase, among others) were far in excess of what any competitive market ought to deliver, owing to these banks’ deep pockets and ability to maneuver through thickets of regulations.
· 借助自身雄厚经济实力和钻监管规则的空子，各大投资银行寡头（就是包括高盛，摩根士丹利和摩根大通在内的那几个跨国投资银行）的盈利已经大大超越了任何竞争市场所能给予的盈利水平。