数字
The number
Alex Berenson · 初版 2003 年
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审视了公司如何过度强调“数字”，即公司的季度收益，并迷失了建立盈利企业的真正目标，这导致了会计欺诈和近期的公司丑闻。
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The number
Alex Berenson · 初版 2003 年
审视了公司如何过度强调“数字”，即公司的季度收益，并迷失了建立盈利企业的真正目标，这导致了会计欺诈和近期的公司丑闻。
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……其中的因素和政治，一些更叙事性的书在这方面很有帮助。我觉得《The Big Short》对 2008 年危机的描写既有趣又有启发性，不久前我还读了 Alex Berenson 的《The Number》，它更侧重于公司股票以及每股收益作为驱动指标的兴起……我还读了大约一半的一本更老的书，叫《Secrets of the Temple》，它给出了……
…factors and politics involved, and some of these more narrative books are helpful in that regard. I found The Big Short both entertaining and enlightening on the 2008 crash, a while back I also read “The Number” by Alex Berenson, which focuses more on corporate equities and the rise of earnings per share as a driving metric.. I did also read about half of an older book called “Secrets of the Temple”, which gives…
有一本很棒的书叫《The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America》，作者是 Alex Berenson。书中概述了各种欺诈和市场灾难：WorldCom、Enron、2008 年。他提出的观点是……
There is a great book called “The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America” by Alex Berenson. In it he outlines various frauds and market calamities: WorldCom, Enron, 2008. He makes the point that…
……萨班斯-奥克斯利法案最初是怎么出台的？审计师与他们本应公正审计的公司关系过于密切，因为他们的大部分收入实际上来自咨询。《The Number》这本书对此谈了不少：https://www.amazon.com/Number-Quarterly-Earnings-Corrupted-C...
…Sarbanes-Oxley was introduced to begin with? Auditors getting too cozy with the companies they are meant to be impartially auditing, because most of their revenue actually comes from consulting. The book The Number talks about this quite a bit: https://www.amazon.com/Number-Quarterly-Earnings-Corrupted-C...
有相当多的人持完全相同的观点。例如，看看 Alex Berenson 的《The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America》，或者读任何“另类”金融博客，这种推理思路可能至少开始有点道理了。
There are quite a few people who hold exactly that opinion. For instance, check out Alex Berenson's The Number: How the Drive for Quarterly Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America, or read any "alternative" financial blog, and this line of reasoning might start to make at least some sense.