来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场 第16集 第16集》
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but it actually was a new invention in a way但从某个方面来看 它的确是项新发明 -
because the United States has a different philosophy,因为美国有自己独特的思想 -
which the United States has been committed,那就是自美国建立起 -
since its beginning, to federalism.它就是联邦制国家 -
That is, they don't want--or more broadly--所以说他们不想 或更明确的说 -
they don't want centralization of power in the government.他们不想让权力集中在政府手中 -
Instead of setting up a central bank in the United States,美国不像其他国家一样 -
as was done commonly in other countries,建立一家中央银行 -
the United States instead created twelve banks;而是建立十二家中央银行 -
they're the twelve Federal Reserve Banks.即十二家联邦储备银行 -
That was an effort to disburse power away from the center.以此来防止权力集中 -
The idea was that其理念即为