As a result, southern Europe adopted an economic configuration in which its wage, price, and productivity levels made sense only so long as it spent €13 for every €12 that it earned, with northern Europe financing the missing euro. Northern Europe, meanwhile, adopted wage and productivity levels that made sense only as long as it spent less than one euro for every euro that it earned.
结果造成南欧经济格局中工资、价格和生产率水平只有在挣12欧元花13欧元时才合乎情理，而这相差的1欧元就来自于北欧的融资。同时北欧的工资和生产率水平只有在赚1欧元花不到1欧元时才合情合理。