In October 1907, when a panic started among trust companies in New York and terrified depositors lined up to get their money out, Schiff’s dire prediction seemed about to come true.

1907年10月，一场恐慌开始在纽约的各大信托公司中蔓延，犹如惊弓之鸟的储户排起了长队，试图取出他们的储蓄。 希夫恐怖的预言似乎即将成为现实。

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Maybe she’d steal the ball. Maybe the other player would throw it away in a panic—or get bottled up and stalled, so that the ref would end up blowing the whistle.

她还会尝试抢球，而对方在情急之下或者将球传丢，或者陷入围困，止步不前，而后裁判就判超时。

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What Southeast Asian nations and others that may get swept up in the panic must recognize is this: A temporary tightening of credit to defend a currency is infinitely less costly than the price paid for devaluation.

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