Facing the loose equivalent of today’s banking behemoths, Theodore Roosevelt resolved to forge a “newer and more wholesome doctrine” to deal with “monopolistic combinations and conspiracies”. Woodrow Wilson proclaimed: “I am for big business, and I am against the trusts.” Today’s leaders, who also govern in a time of technological progress and social inequality, must learn from Roosevelt and Wilson. Modern banks are worse than the rail and oil conglomerates of yesteryear. They must be broken up.
當狄奧多•羅斯福(Theodore Roosevelt)面對著和當今銀行巨擘大致相似的巨型企業集團時,他決心締結「更新更有益的法律原則」,以對付「壟斷聯合體和同謀」。另一位美國前總統伍德羅•威爾遜(Woodrow Wilson)曾宣告:「我支持大企業,但我反對托拉斯。」今天的領導人也是在一個技術進步和社會不公的時期主政,他們必須向羅斯福和威爾遜取經。現代銀行比昔日鐵路和石油聯合企業更糟糕。它們必須被分拆。