Talk:Bailout/Archives/2013

Initial item

I'd like to ask a question and this is not mentioned in the article. Once a company is bailed out, would it have to repay, once it becomes financially solid again? M.efimov (talk) 08:36, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

-According to http://www.answers.com/bailout, no. Bordello (talk) 11:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Also, as this is the case, I've used the words "loans or gives" to denote both possible scenarios. Do you think that gives enough clarity? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bordello (talk • contribs) 11:52, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Bailouts are not just businesses, but countries also

Bailouts can also apply to countries. Several South American countries, Mexico, and certain Asian economies were bailed out by developed countries and international institutions (World bank? IMF?)Farcaster (talk) 05:08, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

• Wouldn't that be referring to the business components of the countries' public sectors, namely their governments, banks, etc.? How to parse and clarify this, huh. Btw, I'm trying to find more citations, but I don't want to leak them in one by one, and would rather find a whole bunch at once. So I'll try to find one for Hewitt, as well as other sources. -Bordello (talk) 07:57, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Comparison of bailouts between countries

Bailouts of "private" firms by governments are proliferating. It would be very interesting to see comparitive data on the size of sovereign bailouts between various developed-economy countries; we could start with the G-7 and expand it as good sources are found for other countries. I'm thinking of something like absolute size of the bailout to date and size as a proportion of GDP. I've read that the British and American bailouts are large as a percentage of GDP, while Switzerland is quite small. Anyone have good links for Germany? France? et al? Maybe we should create a new article like this for the bailout size. N2e (talk) 22:50, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

The 80 billion bailout of Ireland (11/2010) comes in per capita at about $13,000. The 800 Billion bailout of the US comes in per capita at about $2,500. Watch both countries. This is going to be interesting.98.255.131.64 (talk) 23:39, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

'Bailout' an inherently biased and pejorative term

"Bailout" is a biased and pejorative term and I'm surprised to see it used here at Wikipedia, given the site espouses a NPOV approach. While it's a "sexy" term in the media, it's not used in legislation itself creating a financial rescue. This article should really be entitled "financial rescue" or a similarly neutral phrase, and then mentioned prominently within the text that the term "bailout" is commonly used. 71.175.4.207 (talk) 18:59, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

NPOV tag added

This article, beginning with loaded terminology, frames "bailouts" in a pro-business and negative manner. Specifically, the "Reasons against bailouts" sections...excuse me, but who wrote this?! The article fails to address the significant role market interventions such as "bailouts" play in Keynesian economics, rather focusing on all the "negatives." I added a NPOV Dispute tag on 26JAN2012, since this whole article needs serious reworking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.120.214.17 (talk) 21:56, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

The above statement is exactly why I came to this page to post myself, but not in such a knowledgeable way. 69.118.118.181 (talk) 22:01, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Origin

There is nothing mentioning the word origin which is from aviation, where a pilot or crew member exits a damaged plane before it crashes, thus surviving an otherwise life ending event. Also, this should go to a disambiguation page. More, maybe this should not even warrant an entire article since it is really a definition, and the page should not discuss particular bailouts. If they merit it, maybe they should get their own pages. Theshowmecanuck (talk) 00:27, 18 April 2013 (UTC)