Needless to say, that is a far cry from the “invisible hand” on which the efficacy of markets rests. We claim, as Adam Smith did, that impersonal markets ensure the most efficient allocation of scarce capital; but what we really want are markets that operate only on our terms.
这就是市场操纵最大的讽刺所在：我们越是依赖市场，就越是不信任市场。不消说，这与决定市场效率的“看不见的手”大不相同。与亚当·斯密一样，我们声称无人性的市场确保了稀缺资本的效率最高的配置；但我们真正想要的是完全按我们的意图行事的市场。