Libor事件引起如此强烈公愤的原因之一是，它曝光了内部人士的秘密世界。英国的另两宗丑闻同样如此：一个是议员的报销问题，另一个是小报记者的电话窃听。

In all three cases, malpractice was flagrant. Barclays’ Libor malefactors shouted their instructions across the floor and it is clear that other banks were involved too. MPs claimed public money for items their constituents had to buy out of their own earnings and manipulated their housing arrangements to avoid the capital gains tax parliament had imposed on ordinary homeowners. Hundreds had their phones hacked.

在这三宗案件中，当事人都是明目张胆地从事不当行为。巴克莱操纵Libor的人员在交易大厅里大声叫嚷着他们的指令，其他银行显然也卷了进来。同样的开销，国会议员们可用公款报销，选民们却不得不用自身收入支付；国会制定的资本利得税，议员们可通过操纵自己的住房安排来避开，普通房屋业主却不得不承受。数百人的电话遭到窃听。

Insiders knew, and the public never suspected. It is bad enough discovering that people have ripped you off. Worse is the feeling that they were laughing at your naivety while they did so.

内部人士清楚这些事情，而公众从未去怀疑。发觉那些人欺骗你已经够郁闷的了；如果知道他们在欺骗你的同时还在嘲笑你的天真，那种感觉就更加不爽。

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