The proposal sets the cap at about the right level. Retail banking is administered by people who earn less, mostly much less, than that. But no professional would join an investment bank unless he or she expected to earn far more. So the present dispute over pay and bonuses is more than a focus for populist anger about the cost of taxpayer bail-outs. Fundamental questions about the future structure of the financial services industry lie behind the controversy.
這項提案所設定的薪酬上限水平大致合適。零售銀行業(yè)的管理層掙得要比這少,而且大多數(shù)人要少得多。但是,除非他或她預期自己能掙得遠比這多,否則沒有專業(yè)人士會愿意加入投資銀行。因此,當前關(guān)于薪酬和獎金的這場爭論,已不只是民粹主義者對于納稅人紓困代價一事的憤怒聚焦點。在這場爭論背后的,是有關(guān)金融服務業(yè)未來架構(gòu)的基本問題。