All of this puts Ireland in the middle of three important issues raised in the austerity debates: whether orthodox policy, with its heavy emphasis on immediate budget cuts, can restore conditions for growth, employment gains, and financial stability; whether the benefits of eurozone membership still outweigh the costs for countries that must restructure their economies; and how a small, open economy should strategically position itself in today’s world.
所有这些让爱尔兰处于紧缩争论所引出的三个重要问题的中间地带：正统政策——非常强调马上削减预算——是否能为增长、就业改善和金融稳定重新创造条件？对一些国家来说，欧元区成员国的好处是否仍能压倒经济重组的成本？小型开放经济应该如何在当今世界中给自己定位？