So many of our financial institutions were created in the 1930s because that was a time when everything was being shaken up and it was a time when people were willing to consider something really different.

由于大萧条时期的动荡,和对人们生活的冲击,人们便愿意想一些与以往不同的东西,所以自那时之后,大量的金融衍生工具如雨后春笋般的出现了。

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What happened finally, is that the press got wind of this and the scientific evidence grew to such a large mass that the evidence was pretty overwhelming, and then finally, government took action on this.

最终是先由新闻界得到风声,然后科学依据如雨后春笋般涌现,强而有力,势不可挡,最后终于让政府按耐不住,开始行动

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