One of our discussants, Joseph Tracy of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (and co-author of Housing Partnerships), put the problem succinctly: “Firefighting is more glamorous than fire prevention.” Just as most people are more interested in stories about fires than they are in the chemistry of fire retardants, they are more interested in stories about financial crashes than they are in the measures needed to prevent them.
我们的讨论者之一、纽约联邦储备银行的约瑟夫·特雷西（Joseph Tracy，同时也是《合伙买房》的合著者）言简意赅地总结了这一问题：“救火比防火光荣得多”。大部分人对火灾故事的兴趣远大于阻燃剂化学，同理，他们对金融灾难故事的兴趣也远大于防灾措施。这可不是大团圆结局的秘方。