And then there is this month's rescue of Chaori's bondholders, led by Great Wall Asset Management, a state-run firm initially set up to take bad loans off banks' hands during a big bail-out a decade ago.
Indeed, the creation of a big bail-out fund was meant to make default unthinkable.
The BBC's chief political correspondent Norman Smith says the Treasury wants Eurozone countries to agree to a package of measures including so called Euro bonds, re-capitalising struggling banks, a bigger bail out fund and structural reforms to improve productivity.
A bigger bail-out might be needed, he suggested, than the £37 billion ($57 billion) already pledged to bolster bank capital and £450 billion in guarantees and liquidity support.
Beset by fears about a possible Greek exit and a bigger bail-out for Spain (which this week received a rescue request of its own, from Catalonia's regional government), the euro zone is sliding ever deeper into the mire.
Spain has deep problems, but even with a big bank bail-out it should be able to keep its public debt at a sustainable level (see article).
Other characters were influenced by real people, too, like the character played by Josh Brolin, a conniving chief executive of a big bank that bails out a failing firm.
A big European bail-out fund was supposed to be a temporary measure; now it is being made permanent.The debacle is weakening Germany's ruling coalition.
After a wobbly opening, and a big financial bail-out, the site at Marne-la-Vallée, 25km east of central Paris, is thriving.
State finances are sound too: Latvia in particular is in much more robust health than three years ago, when a banking and currency crisis prompted a big international bail-out.
Last summer, after the first phase of the euro crisis saw the rescue of Greece and the creation of a big temporary bail-out fund, the German chancellor rejected French demands for summit meetings at 17.
