“It turns out that hybrids don’t have much loss-absorbing capacity and are not much use in a period of stress, ” concludes Mr Ramsden of Goldman Sachs.

“结果证明，资产组合没有太多吸收损失的能力，并且在紧张时期用处不大。” 高盛银行的拉姆斯登先生总结道。

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Of course, Mr Weinberg's Goldman did not always act so honourably.

当然，温伯格领导的高盛也不总是做体面的事情。

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Mr. Blankfein took less even though Goldman had higher earnings in 2009 than 2007.

尽管高盛2009年收益高于2007年，布兰克梵的薪酬却减少了。

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"You don't want to hit people over the head with the coolness of what you're doing too soon, " says Mr Goldman.

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Mr Goldman suspects the result may be stalemate.

ECONOMIST: The Internet

What amazes Mr Goldman is that the Pentagon, after years of accepting this arrangement, should suddenly seem so shocked by it even more bizarrely when, at the same time, it has just started getting entire berets made overseas.

ECONOMIST: Well, hardly