A well-managed welfare state is not the enemy of globalization. Instead, some say it is the saviour.
They have deftly played the role of saviour just when Western Banks have been exposed as the Achilles heel of the global financial system.
"<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck."
To many, Mr Trichet has been the saviour of the euro, freely breaking with orthodoxy and acting decisively to buy the bonds of vulnerable euro-zone governments while the politicians talk.
"and he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
Then, when a good Samaritan brought the man to a nearby police encampment for help, officers handcuffed the would-be saviour while the shot man expired in the back of his car.
