and i thought for a secondとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Another example is General Motors, now dubbed "Governmental Motors," which cannot survive without the government purchasing its shares for support. General Motors was the richest company in the 20th century, which we all thought was essentially a century of America. Anyone who was born in Asia after the Second World War would dream about its highways and Cadillacs. In that sense, the capitalism that has developed after the war in various respects is currently facing a very major turning point, as far as I see it. To overcome it, it is critical to use human wisdom and experience and also to maintain vitality all along in doing so. It is not just a simple matter, indeed.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

やっぱり人々の生活が豊かになるということが経済の求める基本的な要件ですから。そこら辺をどう調和していくかという、これが非常に2年前リーマン・ショックで、各企業の中で投資銀行がリスクをとれなくなったわけでしょう。結局アメリカ政府が出ていってリスクを取らざるを得なくなった。従来の仕組み、システムが破綻に近いような状態になったわけでしょう。70兆ほど、AIGだってアメリカの一番大きな民間の生命保険会社でしたけれども、これはデリバティブを買っていたというようなことで、アメリカ政府が介入せざるを得なかったと。 - 金融庁