The NY Times should have added “stimulus packages” to the list, just in case it isn’t clear to people that they’re the same sort of thing:
But Captain Sullenberger’s efforts, like twice checking the soaked cabin for stragglers before fleeing the sinking plane himself, emerged as singularly selfless leadership of a sort that seemed so removed from things like Ponzi schemes and subprime mortgages, corporate bailouts and deflected blame.