When Roger Williams got his turn at the microphone earlier this month, his question for the bank CEOs lined up before the House committee on financial services seemed an unusual one to put to seven sharp-suited financiers. “Are you a socialist or are you a capitalist?” the Texas Republican asked each of them, from Citigroup’s Mike Corbat to David Solomon of Goldman Sachs.
本月早些时候,当轮到罗杰•威廉姆斯(Roger Williams)发言时,他对众议院金融服务委员会面前一排银行业首席执行官们提了一个问题。“你是社会主义者还是资本主义者?”这位德克萨斯州共和党人要求他们——从花旗集团(Citigroup)的迈克•科尔巴(Mike Corbat)到高盛(Goldman Sachs)的苏德巍(David Solomon)——逐个回答。对于七位西装笔挺的金融家来说,这似乎是一个不寻常的问题。