NgoSepthemba odlule, ngibuyele ku-Wall Street ngalokho okungenzeka kube ukuxokozela kokugcina kwe-Occupy Movement njengamandla abhekane namandla ezimali eziphezulu egameni lamaphesenti angu-99.
Ngenxa yokusabela okweqile kwamaphoyisa, izisebenzi eziningi e-New York Stock Exchange azikwazanga ukufika emsebenzini kusenesikhathi ngoba isifunda sezezimali sasigcwele amabutho agqoke izingubo eziluhlaza athunyelwe lapho ukuze asivikele kubagxeki baso abalungile.
I-Stock exchanged yaphila ukuze ihwebe ngolunye usuku, kodwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, uphawu lwe-capitalism olumele lungase lulungele ukuxova ikhoyili yethu efayo. Izingxoxo zisemisebenzini ye-Exchange eyabona ama-booms amaningi kanye namabhasi phakathi neminyaka edlule, ukuze ihlanganiswe, izulu lingavunyelwe, abantu baseYurophu noma okungenani inkampani ebizwa ngokuthi "Euronext".
I-Wall Street iyizwe lamaphupho namadili. Kodwa lena ihlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8.2 kusuka engutsheni ebizwa nge-Intercontinental Exchange, noma i-ICE (cha, hhayi amaphoyisa okufika e-ICE axosha abafokazi abangekho emthethweni). Ukuthi kulesi sikhathi esinzima kanye nokungasebenzi kwesakhiwo laba bathengisi bamasondo baqhamuke kanjani no-$8.2bn akuwona umbuzo obuzwayo.
The New York Times kwaba engakholelwa: "Kuzwakala kungenangqondo. Usomabhizinisi wase-Atlanta uphephetha eNew York futhi uhamba nethempeli eliphakeme eligcwele ungqimba lobungxiwankulu baseMelikaโฆ.ukuhweba kwakhe okungu-$8.2bnโฆ kuzovala ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka. Futhi ngalokho, kuzofika iminyaka engu-221 yomlando we-Wall Street kuze kube sekupheleni."
Okubonakala kwenzeka ukuthi amasheya manje aphelile, nokuphuma kokunye sekukhona. Esivumelwaneni esiseceleni, i-Knight Capital Group (Ama-Knights afana nenkathi ephakathi?) izothengiswa ukuze enye i-$1.4 billion ku-Getco, inkampani esazi okuncane ngayo ngoba iphethwe ngasese.
I-Getco ibingene shรญ kuzimfihlakalo zokuhweba kokusebenza okuphezulu lapho amakhompyutha anesivinini esikhulu athatha indawo yabantu abathengayo noma abathengisa ngokuhlukahluka kwamanani amancane. Kusukela le ndaba iqhume, kube namahlazo amaningi abikiwe mayelana nokungathembeki kokusebenza okuphezulu kokuhweba ngamasheya.
ULawrence Baxter, uprofesa eDuke University, ubhala ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe abuzinzile:
Angikhathali ukuthi i-CIO noma i-CEO ingathini: uma bethi bangakwazi ukuqeda ubungozi bangempela bezinyathelo ezinjalo ezingalungile, abazi nje ukuthi bakhuluma ngani kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bahle kangakanani. Futhi uma izinyathelo ezinjalo ezingalungile zingenakugwenywa, ngakho-ke ngeke sikwazi ukugwema umbuzo wokuthi ingabe izingozi ezilethwa izikhungo zezezimali ezinkulu, eziyinkimbinkimbi kanye nezinhlelo zingadlula izinzuzo zazo.
Esibhekene nakho lapha akukhona nje ukusitheka kwesitoko nezabelo kodwa ukushintshwa kwakho ngokuhweba okuhleliwe okuyingozi nakakhulu nokuqagelayo okuhamba ngokushesha kangangokuthi akukwazi ukulawulwa ngempumelelo, nakuba abathengisi bamasondo abaqhuba lokhu "kusungula" bethi UDodd Frank "izinguquko" zizobasiza.
Esinakho lapha, ngokusho kwezingoma zokuhlela ngesikhathi New York Times, ukudalwa "kwabasebenzi bemakethe abakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni" kanye "nabahwebi bezabelo abaqavile, abangasebenzisa ngokunenzuzo imithetho yezokuphepha ekhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa kwezinye izinhlelo zokuhweba".
Valelisa embonweni wokulawula okusebenzayo kwezezimali ngokusebenzisa i- Dodd Frank izindlela noma yimuphi omunye.
Ukuthi lokhu kwenzeke ngesonto lapho uhulumeni egcine ethathe isinqumo sokushushisa abathile ababhange ngeziphambeko zabo ze-LIBOR ibonisa ukuthi abafana abaphezulu bahlala kanjani phezulu ngokucabanga nokuhlela kusengaphambili.
Abalawuli bakahulumeni abafani nobuhlakani babo kanye nekhono labo elikhaliphile lokuqongelela nokukhipha, njengoba kuchazwa ukwenza imali enkulu lapho.
I-Americans for Financial Reform, iqembu elithakazelisa umphakathi elizama ukuhambisana nakho konke lokhu, libonakala lilwa impi yokugcina uma kubhekwa lezi zenzakalo ezintsha.
Basanda kukhipha a isitatimende [PDF] igxeka ihlazo likaLibor lokuthi elilandelayo lingase libe lincane, libhala:
Ukudalulwa kokuziphatha kobugebengu obuhlazekile kanye namaqhinga aluhlaza amabhange amakhulu ayaqhubeka nokungena. Okwakamuva kubandakanya ibhange laseSwitzerland i-UBS kanye nokulungiswa kwamanani kwe-LIBOR. I-LIBOR iyisilinganiso senzalo esimaphakathi somnotho womhlaba kanye nokufaka okubalulekile kuyo yonke into kusukela kumazinga okuboleka abathengi kuya emisebenzini yokushintshanisa ngemali yangaphandle kuya ekushintsheni okwenziwe ngokwezifiso okusetshenziswa omasipala. Abadayisi be-UBS benza itulo nabanye ababambiqhaza bemakethe yezezimali ukuze bakhwabanise isilinganiso se-LIBOR ukuze bakhuphule inzuzo futhi basizakale ngamakhasimende asebhange nabalingani.
Lezi zenzo zijula โโkakhulu futhi zibanzi kakhulu ukuthi zingabhalwa njengokuziphatha "kwabadayisi abakhohlakele" abambalwa. Esimeni ngasinye - kusukela ekwenziweni ngendlela engafanele "kwezimpahla ezinobuthi" ngaphambi kwenhlekelele yezimali kuya ekulahlekeni okukhulu kohwebo lobunikazi kuya ekukhwabaniseni i-LIBOR - sibonile ubufakazi bemodeli yenzuzo yasebhange esekelwe ekukhohliseni okuhleliwe nenkohlakalo.
Kodwa nokho sisenenkulumo yabezindaba ngesidingo sokuzilawula, hhayi imithetho eqinile ephoqelelayo njengoba โnamananiโ - ama-PhD kwizibalo - athatha izintambo kubathengisi bamasondo ekunqumeni ikusasa lezezimali.
The New York Times manje ibale izindlela eziningi lesi sivumelwano esisongela ngazo abakhokhi bentela nabatshalizimali, siphawula ukuthi "abalawuli benze inqubekelaphambili encane ekuthuthukiseni imithetho yokuqapha nokulawula ukuhweba ngesivinini esikhulu".
Isiphetho sabo siwukuthi "ukuhlanganiswa kufanele kuhlale ebhodini lokudweba ngaphandle uma futhi kuze kube yilapho abalawuli bengaqinisekisa umphakathi ukuthi izinkampani ezisanda kwakhiwa ngeke zisebenze nje ukuze kuzuze ezizimele, kodwa nezithakazelo zomphakathi".
Amathuba amafutha. Lokho kufana nomfanyana ongumDashi ofake umunwe edayikeni. Ukuqamba okusha kwezobuchwepheshe kunendlela yokushanela abadeleli bayo.
Izingxoxo zemali enkulu njengoba kwenza isithembiso "sesimanje", okuyilokho kanye abaguquleli ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaClinton lapho besusa yonke imithetho futhi kwasiholela ekuwohlokeni kwezimali umhlaba ongakalulami kukho.
Mhlawumbe, ngonyaka wesibili we-Occupy Wall Street, izishoshovu ekugcineni zizongena esakhiweni se-NYSE futhi zingatholi lutho lapho ngaphandle kwezintambo ezithile nezitsha zesathelayithi ezixhunywe kumakhompyutha angekho endaweni ethile engasogwini lolwandle. Yilokhu kanye okungaphakathi kwesakhiwo se-NASDAQ e-Times Square, okuyinto emphakathini ebukeka njengendlunkulu yokushintshanisa, lapho, eqinisweni inkampani ephethwe yikhompyutha iqhutshwa ubuchwepheshe, hhayi abantu.
I-Capitalism iyaqhubeka, futhi ishiya umkhondo wayo ojwayelekile wezinto ezinhle kwabambalwa kanye nokuswela kwabaningi.
Sebebala amakhulu ezigidi "ngezinkokhelo zokuhlukana" okuzodingeka zikhokhelwe uma ukuhlangana kwehlukana. Kodwa ukubeka ukumamatheka ebusweni bethu, ingxenye ye-Dealbook of the Times imibiko:
Ngendlela, kubonakala sengathi abakhi besivumelwano bangabalandeli bezemidlalo. Lo mbhalo ubhekisela ku-NYSE Euronext ngokuthi "Yankees", ngezizathu ezisobala. I-ICE ibizwa ngokuthi "Braves", ngemuva kweqembu le-Major League baseball edolobheni lakubo e-Atlanta.
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