Voici enfin une image qui a toute sa force, toute sa r\u00e9alit\u00e9, qui nous \u00e9pargne par bonheur la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence geignarde et auto-compatissante sur 9\/11: la crise de Wall Street repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e comme an economic Pearl Harbor<\/em>. L’image est du milliardaire Warren Buffett, le roi des investissements et grand ami de Bill Gates. Buffett porte l’honneur dont il se passerait bien d’avoir annonc\u00e9 la crise du cr\u00e9dit dans toute son ampleur. Cet homme avis\u00e9, nous dit The Independent<\/em> aujourd’hui<\/a>, est inquiet, plus qu’inquiet; si l’on n’adopte pas d’extr\u00eame urgence la mesure d\u00e9cid\u00e9 par l’administration, aussi mal foutue soit-elle, la panique la semaine derni\u00e8re nous semblera un paradis par rapport \u00e0 ce qui nous attend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abWarren Buffett, the billionaire investor who foresaw the credit crisis, described the turmoil in the financial markets an \u00ab\u00a0economic Pearl Harbor\u00a0\u00bb that required immediate action by politicians. Piling pressure on Congress, amid growing rancour over the terms of a $700bn bailout for the financial system, Mr Buffett said that the panic of last week would look like Nirvana if the legislation is not passed. His comments came a day after he paid $5bn (\u00a32.7bn) for a stake in Goldman Sachs, the banking giant, in what he described as a bet that politicians would indeed act to repair the battered credit markets.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbOn Capitol Hill, in a second day of testimony in front of sceptical lawmakers, the Federal Reserve’s chairman, Ben Bernanke, pleaded with them not to attach punishing conditions on participation in the bailout, which allows the Treasury to buy the toxic mortgage assets that are clogging up bank balance sheets.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbMr Bernanke and Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, faced another tongue-lashing from lawmakers, reflecting public fury that taxpayer money could be used for bailing out Wall Street and the very people who have taken the economy to the edge. The pair struggled to explain that a failure to stabilise the banking system could have very serious consequences for jobs and for savings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbOne Congressman questioned whether the bailout is necessary, since Mr Buffett’s purchase suggested confidence was returning. But Mr Bernanke said: Mr Buffett said on TV this morning that he thought Congress would act, and if Congress didn’t act we would go over a precipice. It seemed increasingly likely yesterday that the Treasury would accept legislation to limit executive pay as a quid pro quo. Democrats were also pushing for the government to take equity stakes in companies that receive assistance, and some suggested the $700bn should only be released in increments.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tMonsieur Buffett est un homme s\u00e9rieux. Il vient de mettre $5 milliards chez Goldman Sachs, pour renforcer l’un des derniers bijoux de la famille, \u00e9videmment branlant comme les autres. Le paradoxe est un comble, sinon une illustration de l’esprit partisan et de l’irresponsabilit\u00e9 r\u00e9gnant au Congr\u00e8s: cette d\u00e9cision est utilis\u00e9e, par tel ou tel parlementaire, comme argument pour envisager de laisser finalement tomber le plan de $700 milliards de Paulson, Bernanke & Cie. La chose n’ira pas plus loin mais l’intervention montre bien, elle, l’esprit de la chose. (D’autres pourraient d’ailleurs soup\u00e7onner Buffett de forcer son pessimisme pour soutenir le passage du plan Paulson et garantir son investissement. On peut toujours enqu\u00eater, mais la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et la force de l’image, ainsi que l’\u00e9vidence de la pr\u00e9vision demeurent; quelles que soient les arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9es, s’il y en a, elles n’emp\u00eachent pas la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 de s’imposer.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tLe d\u00e9sordre r\u00e8gne au Congr\u00e8s comme il r\u00e8gne dans l’\u00e9conomie et la finance, comme il r\u00e8gne partout dans l’empire am\u00e9ricaniste. Il est possible, sinon probable, qu’ils arriveront \u00e0 s’entendre sur ce plan de $700 milliards, parce que quelque chose au fond d’eux-m\u00eames leur dit peut-\u00eatre, vaguement, que l’alternative serait \u00e9pouvantable. Il n’emp\u00eache que la fa\u00e7on dont le Congr\u00e8s a r\u00e9agi<\/a> au Pearl Harbor \u00e9conomique en dit long sur l’\u00e9tat d’esprit de la direction am\u00e9ricaniste; de ce point de vue, rien \u00e0 voir avec la r\u00e9union du Congr\u00e8s, au jour de l’infamie d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 par un Roosevelt tonitruant \u00e0 partir de sa chaise roulante d’handicap\u00e9. Quelque esprit critique qu’on ait, et il faut l’avoir vigilant et aiguis\u00e9, il faut observer objectivement que, le 7 d\u00e9cembre 1941, l’Am\u00e9rique \u00e9tait encore capable d’un de ces mouvements d’unit\u00e9 nationale et de rassemblement de sa direction qui font avoir confiance dans la suite. Rien de semblable aujourd’hui, o\u00f9 la contestation, les chicaneries, les luttes intestines sont de rigueur. M\u00eame si le plan Paulson est vite adopt\u00e9, cette humeur et ce climat laissent augurer du pire. Le Pearl Harbor de l’\u00e9conomie met un peu plus \u00e0 jour un syst\u00e8me divis\u00e9 et incapable de refaire son unit\u00e9 face au danger monstrueux qu’il a lui-m\u00eame suscit\u00e9. Peut-\u00eatre plus encore que la folle semaine du 15 septembre, ces lendemains qui chantent si faux nous en disent long sur le destin du syst\u00e8me am\u00e9ricaniste, et \u00e0 terme assez court.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 25 septembre 2008 \u00e0 06H24<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Voici enfin une image qui a toute sa force, toute sa r\u00e9alit\u00e9, qui nous \u00e9pargne par bonheur la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence geignarde et auto-compatissante sur 9\/11: la crise de Wall Street repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e comme an economic Pearl Harbor. 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