The financial crisis has imposed economic and fiscal costs upon the British economy and public finances that rival those of a world war. This brutal fact must inform the response. It is why it has to be radical. Business as usual will not do because that could lead to national ruin. No industry can be allowed to operate in such a way. As Sir Mervyn King, outgoing Bank of England governor, noted this week: “It is not in our national interest to have banks that are too big to fail, too big to jail, or simply too big.”
金融危機對英國經濟和公共財政造成的經濟與財政負擔堪比世界大戰。殘酷的事實必然會啓發應對之策。所以，改革必須是徹底的。「一切照舊」是行不通的，因爲這可能導致國家毀滅。不能允許任何一個行業這樣經營下去。正如已經卸任的英國央行(BoE)行長默文•金爵士(Sir Mervyn King)近期提到的那樣：「銀行大到不能倒，大到不能『坐牢』，或者是規模過大本身，都是不符合我們國家利益的。」
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