Bailout

From big banks to tiny countries, the idea of ‘bailing out’ troubled institutions or economies pictures them as leaky boats, and subtly reverses the action involved. In the metaphor, we are taking large quantities of water out of the boats, but in reality we are putting large quantities of money in — which would surely cause any leaky boat to sink faster.

Analysis of the 2013 ‘bailout’ of Cyprus

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