当年经济金融化是目标，新自由主义是它的意识形态外衣，保罗·沃尔克（Paul Volcker）时代的美联储加息则是它的 触发器，总统比尔·克林顿（Bill Clinton）在位时最为接近这种浮士德式的魔鬼交易。
Financialization of the economy was the goal, neoliberalism was its ideological cloak, the Paul Volcker-era Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes were its trigger, and President Bill Clinton was the ultimate closer of the Faustian bargain.