????勞埃德?布萊克費(fèi)恩表示，金融危機(jī)對(duì)他而言是個(gè)人成長(zhǎng)的一個(gè)階段,。

????當(dāng)時(shí),，幾百萬(wàn)美國(guó)人的抵押資產(chǎn)面臨喪失贖回權(quán)。還有更多更多的人丟掉了飯碗,。布萊克費(fèi)恩不得不面對(duì)公眾對(duì)高盛公司的尖銳批評(píng),。

????這位高盛（Goldman Sachs）CEO在周二的一次行業(yè)會(huì)議上表示，有過(guò)好幾次他都考慮是否退出?，F(xiàn)在,，他很高興他沒(méi)那么做。

????“你們很了解我和我的公司,，”布萊克費(fèi)恩告訴與會(huì)的華爾街人士,。“但我對(duì)我自己更了解,。我知道,，我比自己想象的更有承受力。

????布萊克費(fèi)恩還表示,，金融危機(jī)“有些像是”為收入不均敲響的“警鐘”,。他說(shuō),，這是件好事?！懊绹?guó)在創(chuàng)造財(cái)富方面做得非常出色,，但在分配方面不行?！辈既R克費(fèi)恩說(shuō),。“但我不想做抑制我們創(chuàng)造財(cái)富能力的事情,?！?/p>

????布萊克費(fèi)恩對(duì)高盛在金融危機(jī)前進(jìn)行的復(fù)雜的抵押債交易表達(dá)了歉意。這些交易為高盛賺了130億美元,，但公司的聲譽(yù)卻因此受到了損害,。這些交易還導(dǎo)致美國(guó)地方政府和納稅人蒙受了損失。

????很多人都認(rèn)為,，這些交易加劇了本輪金融危機(jī)造成的經(jīng)濟(jì)損失,。高盛最終同意支付5.50億美元就這些指控達(dá)成和解。

????2009年,，布萊克費(fèi)恩的全年薪酬減少到了900萬(wàn)美元,，大大低于前一年的6,850萬(wàn)美元。如今他的薪酬已經(jīng)回升,。過(guò)去的3年中,，他獲得了5,100萬(wàn)美元的薪酬。本月早些時(shí)候,，美國(guó)人口調(diào)查局（Census Bureau）稱,， 美國(guó)的貧困人口比率停滯在16%，約有4,700萬(wàn)貧困人口,。

????周二,，布萊克費(fèi)恩還表示，他希望2009年的時(shí)候,，他和他的同事能更好地預(yù)見(jiàn)到對(duì)高盛的種種批評(píng),，在指責(zé)發(fā)生時(shí)能更迅速地做出回應(yīng)。2009年末,，布萊克費(fèi)恩告訴一位記者稱,，他只是一名銀行家，不過(guò)是“在做上帝的工作”?，F(xiàn)在清楚了,，這句引語(yǔ)被斷章取義了。布萊克費(fèi)恩看起來(lái)是在開(kāi)玩笑,。不過(guò)它在當(dāng)時(shí)引起了市場(chǎng)的一片嘩然,。

????布萊克費(fèi)恩不是第一位宣稱金融危機(jī)讓自己變得更好的華爾街人士,。3月份，前雷曼兄弟（Lehman Brothers）首席財(cái)務(wù)官艾琳?卡蘭在《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》（New York Times）上刊登了一篇專欄文章稱,，金融危機(jī)讓她意識(shí)到生活不僅僅是工作,。她說(shuō)，她現(xiàn)在意識(shí)到,，有權(quán)勢(shì)的工作以及隨之而來(lái)的財(cái)富總是要付出一些代價(jià),。的確如此。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????Lloyd Blankfein says the financial crisis was, for him, a period of personal growth.

????Millions of Americas were facing foreclosure. Many, many more lost their jobs. Blankfein had to face stinging public criticism of his firm.

????The Goldman Sachs CEO, speaking at an industry conference on Tuesday, said there were times he thought about quitting. Now he's glad he didn't.

????"You learned a lot about me and my firm," Blankfein told the audience of fellow Wall Streeters. "But I found out a lot of stuff about me, too. I learned that I have much thicker skin than I thought."

????Blankfein also said that the financial crisis led to a "bit of a wake-up call" about income inequality. He said that was a good thing. "This country does a great job of creating wealth, but not a great of distributing it," said Blankfein. "But I don't want to do something that stops our ability to build wealth."

????Blankfein expressed regret about the complicated mortgage trades his firm did in the run-up to the financial crisis. The transactions made Goldman (GS) as much as $13 billion, but they damaged the firm's reputation. They also led to losses for local governments and taxpayers around the country.

????Many have also said that deals exacerbated the economic damage of the financial crisis.Goldman eventually agreed to pay a $550 million fine to settle charges.

????Blankfein's annual compensation dropped to $9 million in 2009, from $68.5 million the year before. But his compensation has rebounded. He's been paid $51 million in the past three years. Earlier this month, the Census Bureau said the nation's poverty rate was stuck at 16%, or 47 million people.

????On Tuesday, Blankfein also said he wishes he and his colleagues had done a better job back in 2009 of anticipating the criticism of Goldman, and reacting quicker when it came. In late 2009, Blankfein told a reporter that he was just a banker "doing God's work." It's clear now that the quote was taken out of context. Blankfein appears to have been making a joke. It did not go over well.

????Blankfein is not the first Wall Streeter to credit the financial crisis with making them a better person. Back in March, Erin Callan, the former CFO of Lehman Brothers, wrote in a New York Times op-ed that the financial crisis led her to the realization that there is more to life than work. She says she now realizes that powerful jobs, and the wealth that comes with them, do not come without a cost. Indeed.