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.
Ainsi que l’avait mémorablement exprimé le Gouverneur sortant de la Banque d’Angleterre Mervyn King, les banques globales sont « internationales dans l’action, mais nationales dans la mort. »