1992 年，当危机冲击欧洲货币体系之际，法国财政部长，米歇尔·萨潘（ Michel Sapin ）对议会说起，法国大革命是如何用断头台对付投机客。
In 1992, during the crisis that rocked the European Monetary System, France’s finance minister, Michel Sapin, spoke in parliament about how the French Revolution had used the guillotine on speculators.