While deploying an unprecedented amount of financial firefighting equipment, officials and lawmakers – on both sides of the Atlantic – were clear that this was a “never again” situation. As soon as the fires were out, they pledged, they would work diligently to ensure that the “next Lehman” could fail in a government-managed “resolution” process that would not cause panic and a collapse of credit.
尽管部署了前所未有规模的金融救火措施，但官员和立法者——大西洋两岸都一样——十分清楚这是一个“不容再犯”的局面。他们承诺，等紧急情况过去后马上开足马力确保“下一个雷曼兄弟”可以在政府管理的“清算”程序中倒闭，不会引起恐慌和信用崩盘。