Some eurozone policymakers seem to be confident that a Greek exit from the euro, hard or soft, will no longer pose a threat to the other periphery countries. They might be right; then again, back in 2008, US policymakers thought that the collapse of one investment house, Bear Stearns, had prepared markets for the bankruptcy of another, Lehman Brothers.
一些欧元区决策者似乎自信满满地认为希腊退出欧元——不管是硬退出还是软退出——都不再是对其他外围国的威胁。他们也许是对的；但是，2008年时，美国决策者认为一家投资银行——贝尔斯登（Bear Stearns）的倒闭将让市场为另一家投资银行——雷曼兄弟（Lehman Brothers）的倒闭做好准备。我们都知道结果如何。