If the government had not bailed out large banks, the insurance giant AIG, and the auto industry, and if the Federal Reserve had not flooded the economy with liquidity, the wealth of the super-rich would have taken a severe blow. Many argued that the government should have focused on rescuing homeowners; instead, the government chose to support the banks – a policy from which the financial elite benefited the most.
想想美国政府是如何在2008—2009年全球金融危机期间介入确保金融和经济稳定的。如果政府不出手援助大银行、保险巨头AIG和汽车业，如果美联储不向经济注入巨量流动性，超级富豪的财富可能遭受重创。许多人指出政府应该专注于拯救屋主；但政府选择了支持银行——金融精英在这一政策中获益最大。