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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 287
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
The wealth of the world neither consists in nor is adequately represented by the money of the world. Gold itself is not a valuable commodity. It is no more wealth than hat checks are hats. But it can be so manipulated, as the sign of wealth, as to give its owners or controllers the whip-hand over the credit which producers of real wealth require. Dealing in money, the commodity of exchange, is a very lucrative business. When money itself becomes an article of commerce to be bought and sold before real wealth can be moved or exchanged, the usurers and speculators are thereby permitted to lay a tax on production. The hold which controllers of money are able to maintain on productive forces is seen to be more powerful when it is remembered that, although money is supposed to represent the real wealth of the world, there is always much more wealth than there is money, and real wealth is often compelled to wait upon money, thus leading to that most paradoxical situation--a world filled with wealth but suffering want.
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定位：Additional excerpt 287 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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世界的财富并不在于金钱，也不能用金钱充分代表。黄金本身不是有价值的商品，它就像帽子提货单不是帽子一样，不是财富。但金钱作为财富的符号，可以被操纵，让它的拥有者或控制者掌握信贷的鞭子，而真正的财富生产者需要信贷。从事金钱交易，即交换商品，是非常有利可图的生意。当金钱本身成为商品，在真实财富流动或交换之前被买卖时，高利贷者和投机者就得以对生产征税。金钱控制者对生产力量的掌控更强大，只要记住：尽管金钱被认为代表世界的真实财富，但财富总是比金钱多得多，而真实财富常常被迫等待金钱，从而导致最矛盾的情况——一个充满财富的世界却在受苦。
上下文
亨利·福特在《我的生活与工作》中批评金融体系，认为金钱只是符号，不应凌驾于真实财富之上。
今日一问
今天，你能否区分“钱”和“真实财富”，并思考金融投机如何影响实体经济？
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