THE old-fashioned financial system was like Old Maid, a parlour game once beloved of small children.
老式的金融系统就象是小孩子喜欢玩的一种扑克牌.
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Answering that question has been a parlour game for economists since long before the crisis.
早在危机之前这一问题就成了经济学家们的猜谜游戏.
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But the question of who will replace him is more than an idle parlour game.
但谁将接任他这个问题,并不只是一个无聊的猜谜游戏.
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