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http://ameblo.jp/warm-heart/entry-10063996079.html から転載。 2008-01-05 11:24:45 このような深刻な状況を反映して、投機マネーへの規制を求める声が、いま国際的に広がっている。昨年ドイツのハイリゲンダムでおこなわれたサミット（主要国首脳会議）でも、投機マネーの規制が議論された。結局、日本とアメリカが規制を求める声に消極的な態度をとったため、規制は実現されなかった。だが規制を求める声は、もはや世界の大勢なっている。経済的実力を大きく高めた発展途上国からの批判は、特にきびしい。 昨年十月ワシントンで開かれた世界銀行・ＩＭＦ（国際通貨基金）総会で、途上国を代表する２６カ国のグループ（G２６＝アルゼンチン、シリア、コンゴなど）は、「サブプライム・ローン」問題で動揺する先進国経済をきびしく批判した。そして「先進国が世界経済の不安定要因になっていることに注目し、監視する」ことを要求する声明を発表、「発展途上国は、世界経済における安定化要因であるともに新たな原動力」であると宣言した。ニューヨーク・タイムズ紙はこれを、「立場の逆転 貧困国が富裕国にお説教」と、報じた。 IMFや世界銀行の会議といえば、これまで先進国が発展途上国の援助を議論するところだったが、いまや逆転したというのである。 （以上の記述は日本共産党・党旗開きでの志位委員長挨拶とInternet Zone::WordPressでBlog生活]記事を抜粋整理したもの） ========================================== ニューヨーク・タイムズ紙の英文元記事はこちら ⇒ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E2D61E38F931A15753C1A9619C8B63&fta=y The semiannual meetings of the world's top finance and banking officials are predictable in one sense: Europeans and Americans often use them to lecture leaders of poor countries about the need to modernize their capital markets, promote transparency and adhere to sound investment standards. What a difference a subprime mortgage crisis can make. Now developing countries are lecturing the West. ''Allow me to point out the irony of this situation,'' Guido Mantega, the Brazilian finance minister, told reporters, contending that the ''countries that were references of good governance, of standards and codes for the financial systems'' were now the same countries where financial problems were threatening to wreck global prosperity. In an interview, Trevor A. Manuel, the finance minister of South Africa, said: ''If one looks at the impact of the subprime crisis in the U.S., the losers are poor citizens who tend to be black and Hispanic. But it is also the large banks with an international profile in Europe and the United States that have taken a beating.'' He added, ''It is clear that there was regulatory and supervisory failure.'' The finance ministers and central bank governors from around the world spent the weekend discussing the market turbulence brought on by the credit crisis, declaring in a statement that they would continue to ''analyze the nature of the disturbances and consider lessons to be learned and actions needed.'' But for many, the lessons were already clear. They said that Western regulators had ignored warning signs, Western banks had used exotic off-the-books ''conduits'' to buy and sell dubious mortgage products, Western rating agencies had gone along for the ride -- and now the whole world was suffering from Western excesses. Usually these meetings echo the old debates of what used to be called the north-south dialogue, in which the prosperous countries come to the rescue of the struggling poor countries. A few hundred protesters in Washington this weekend shouted slogans about exploitation by the wealthy. Along with protesters, of course, were closed streets, police barricades and limousines idling at many downtown hotels. There was also new finger-pointing, and perhaps schadenfreude, discernible in the statement of the G-24 group of poor countries led by finance ministers of Argentina, Syria and Congo, who noted that ''developing countries are a new driving force as well as a stabilizing factor in the world economy.'' Like the other ministers from what used to be called the third world, they cited the advanced countries' regulations and lack of transparency as causes for the mess. These countries are united in demanding more weight for themselves on the board of directors of the I.M.F. and the World Bank. In response to all this lecturing, the United States Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., and his top aides fanned out at meeting after meeting to assure the finance ministers that although the impact of the market turmoil has yet to be fully understood or felt, there was no need to panic because the fundamentals of the American economy are sound. ''We recognize that there are some issues in the system that need to be addressed,'' said Clay Lowery, an assistant Treasury secretary for international affairs, cautioning against quick remedies that might be counterproductive. ''We want to make sure that there isn't a rush to judgment.'' Robert K. Steel, a Treasury under secretary for domestic finance, told audiences how Treasury had worked with banks to create a new superfund aimed at loosening the credit markets. （以下略）
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＜今まで偉そうにしていたから悔しいだろう＞立場の逆転 貧困国が富裕国にお説教【NYTimes】
テーマ：新自由主義/グローバル化
「サブプライム・ローン（低所得者向け住宅ローン）」問題が、世界の金融機関に莫大（ばくだい）な損失をもたらし、世界経済の大きな不安定要因となっている。アメリカ国内の住宅ローンの焦げ付きにすぎない問題が、なぜ世界に大混乱をあたえているのか。住宅ローンが「証券化」という錬金術によって世界中にばらまかれ、金融投機の対象にされたからである。こうした投機マネーが、金融市場からあふれ出し、原油市場や穀物市場にまで流れ込み、価格をつり上げ、ガソリンや灯油、多くの食品など生活必需品が値上がりして、全世界に深刻な影響を与えている。
Tables Turned: Poor Countries Wag Fingers at Rich Ones
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: October 22, 2007
With hundreds of officials and experts convening over the weekend in the nation's capital, the theme this year was not fear of protesters, but of the global impact of the troubles in the American housing sector, with many delegates faulting lax regulations and sleepy overseers in Europe and the United States.
- ＜風刺マンガ＞自由主義なんてのは、つまるところ、偽りのアイドルじゃないのか（NYTimes） gataro 2008/1/05 20:11:53
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