It is surprising how readily politicians of all parties – even strong ideological defenders of the unregulated market – accepted the idea that the state should bail out banks and insurance companies when they got into trouble. With the exception of a small number of ideologically committed defenders of free enterprise, few were willing to take the risks inherent in letting major banks collapse.
令人感到惊讶的是，各政党的政治家们-甚至包括那些在意识形态上强烈捍卫市场不受干预的人们-是如此愿意接受这样的观念，即，当银行和保险公司遇到麻烦的时候，国家应给予解救。除了少数意识形态上致力于捍卫商业自由的人们之外，很少有人愿意承担让大银行崩溃所带来的固有的风险。