美联储主席Ben Bernanke做问答题：黄金不是钱

文盲按：从下面的问答可以看出，Bernanke不但连“货币天然不是金银，金银天然是货币。”这个马克思百多年前的名言都不知道，而且还拒不虚心接受检讨，却企图以玩弄技巧蒙混搪塞过去，这也难怪当初他说要坐直升机撒钱而不是撒黄金了。

联储局主席贝南奇7月13日出席国会金融服务听证会遭共和党议员 Ron Paul 质询黄金问题。

MR. PAUL: But very quickly, if you could answer another question, because I'm curious about this — you know, the price of gold today is $1,580 [U.S.]. The dollar during these last three years was devalued almost 50 per cent. When you wake up in the morning, do you care about the price of gold?
Paul：贝南奇先生， 金价今日升到1,580 美元，而过去3 年美元已贬值了差不多50%，我怀疑你每朝起床有没有关心过金价？

MR. BERNANKE: Well, I pay attention to the price of gold, but I think it reflects a lot of things. It reflects global uncertainties. I think people are — the reason people hold gold is as a protection against what we call tail risk, really, really bad outcomes. And to the extent that the last few years have made people more worried about potential of a major crisis, then they have gold as a protection.
贝南奇：有，我有留心金价，但金价系反映一大堆东西，啲人过去几年买金是为了预防所谓尾部风险（tail risk），即是潜在主要危机出现，近年环球动荡吓怕人。

MR. PAUL: Do you think gold is money?
Paul：你认为黄金系唔钱？

(Pause.)（停顿）

MR. BERNANKE: No. It's not money, it's a precious metal…
贝南奇：唔算系钱，系贵金属……

MR. PAUL: Even if it has been money for 6,000 years, somebody reversed that and eliminated that economic law?
Paul：即使黄金当钱用已有6000 年历史？有人要推翻这经济法则？

MR. BERNANKE: Well, it's — you know, it's an asset. I mean, it's the same — would you say Treasury bills are money? I don't think they're money either, but they're a financial asset.
贝南奇：嗯，我意思系，即系——，你会不会话国库票据系钱？道理一样，它们是金融资产。

MR. PAUL: Well, why do — why do — why do central banks hold it if it's not...
Paul：如果黄金唔系钱，为何中央银行都揸金？

MR. BERNANKE: Well, it's a form of reserves. It's a form...
贝南奇：因为系一种储备的，系一种——

MR. PAUL: Why don't they hold diamonds?
Paul：何以他们不揸钻石？

MR. BERNANKE: Well, it's tradition, long-term tradition.
贝南奇：传统嘛，长期传统。

MR. PAUL: (Chuckles.) Well, some people still think it's money. I yield back. My time is up.
Paul提问时间结束。


以上中文译文及下面评论均出自 2011-07-19  信报财经新闻   黄金不是钱？
据统计，截至2009 年历来合共开采了16 万吨黄金，而美国目前国债约14 万亿美元，相当于全球黄金总值的1.8 倍。
贝南奇与他的前任格林斯平有关黄金价值的观点可算南辕北辙，格林斯平1999 年5 月20 日在国会听证会表示，法定货币在极端情况下有机会完全失去价值变得没有人要（例如1923 年的德国马克），但黄金则永远为人接受。另外，格林斯平认为国库票据是政府负债，而黄金则是资产。