若说当代美國人中我个人最崇敬的杰出人士当然首推巴菲特,至于第二尊敬的可能算是格林斯潘,而现在我终于知道为什么了!
因为在某些方面的看法,他们两人的见解实在是太相近了。
这两位犹太人,手掌经济大权,呼风唤雨、权倾一时,是我认为最能够稳定美國经济发展的两大支柱力量。
最近格老在NYU Stern商学院所发表演讲,在许多观点几乎与巴菲特如出一辙,对于安隆事件格林斯潘认为企业而非政府才是防止安隆事件重演的关键,CEO更应负起更多的社会责任;巴菲特则同样反对政府给予过多的立法干预,并认为身为企业股东的投资大众,应切实自我承担起监督企业的运作的重责大任,严格要求被投资企业的CEO负责资讯的充分揭露。
而对于目前员工认股权依照目前会计原则得免列入企业的经营成本的这项做法,两人同表反对。
以下是格老演说的全文与相关新闻报导
格老的文章一向以晦涩难懂、模拟两可著称,很难让人真正抓住其真正的意思,这是第一次翻译他的文章,若有词不达意或任何疏漏之处,还请大家见谅。
不过在亲炙其文章后,才真正见识到其博大精深的一面。
谨与大家一起分享!
格老NYU演说的全文
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WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve
chairman, said today that the solutions to weaknesses in corporate
governance exposed by Enron's collapse rested more with market forces
than with new legislation or regulation。
美國联准会主席格林斯潘认为,安隆公司破产所反应出企业监督的缺失,其解决
之道不在于新的立法或规范,而在于市场的自主力量。
In his most comprehensive comments to date on the issues raised by
the Enron debacle, Mr。 Greenspan focused on the consolidation of
corporate power in the hands of chief executives, overly optimistic
earnings forecasts by stock analysts, a lack of independence among
outside directors and efforts by executives to puff up earnings reports。
这是安隆事件發生至今,格老所发表最全面的看法,他认为企业权力集中在
CEO、过度乐观的股票证券分析预估以及外部董事缺乏独立性是导致企业报告盈
余膨胀的几个主要原因。
He said some issues were ripe for legislative or regulatory action,
especially the accounting rules that allow companies to issue stock
options as compensation without counting them as an expense。
他表示现在是某些议题立法与规范的最佳时机,尤其是会计原则允许公司将发行
股票认股权的报酬免列为企业的费用支出。
But Mr。 Greenspan defended the current approach to corporate
governance, with its reliance on trust in the chief executive, as the best
available。 And he suggested that the market was already disciplining
corporations by penalizing the stock and bonds of those that try to
deceive investors。