During the financial crisis, it was national governments that bailed out banks and firms, recapitalized the financial system, guaranteed debts, eased liquidity, primed the fiscal pump, and paid the unemployment and welfare checks – and took the blame for everything that went wrong. In the memorable words of outgoing Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, global banks are “international in life, but national in death.”
最终还是要各国议会和领导人挺身而出。在金融危机期间，各国政府出面帮助银行和公民摆脱困境、调整金融系统的资产结构、为债务担保、缓解流动性危机、推动财政运作并为失业和福利买单——同时还要为所有出错的事情背黑锅。英国央行行长默文·金（Mervyn King）说过令人难忘的话——跨国银行“繁荣时是国际的，垮台后却是国家的。”