德世堡

有一位资深经济学家和一位资浅经济学家走在马路上，并发现了沥青路上有一堆牛粪。资深经济学家对资浅经济学家说：“如果你把它吃了，我给你20000美元。

2008年10月29日13:46

让我们玩一个本周流行的猜谜游戏：我们已陷入了另一次大萧条吗？

历史或许不会一成不变地重复，但从近期连篇累牍地将目前经济困境同当年的大萧条相提并论的文章中你不会了解这点。我承认对这一主题颇为着迷，它让我重新温习了一遍美国历史。这样的阅读令人痴迷，你甚至不用太过投入，就能认识到这种对比是相当缺乏根据的。无疑，全球经济仍面临巨大的压力，存在难以预测的结果，但当年的大萧条不会重演。

舞蹈纽约时报十月十七日读者来信: Buy American. I Am.

By WARREN E. BUFFETT

Omaha

THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.

梵高的梵高很久以前, 华尔街流传着这么个轶事. 有人去华尔街旅游, 到了哈德逊河岸边, 导游指着一个停泊的游艇说: 这是某某银行家的游艇.

It was a day for goodbyes for employees. News that the parent company was filing for bankruptcy went out around midnight to the firm's approximately 25,000 employees, 10,000 to 12,000 of whom work in New York. All of Lehman's broker dealers, staff was told, will continue to operate.