Of course, in a large economy where external financing is not a problem, as in the United States or the eurozone, attempting to reduce a budget deficit could conceivably lead to such a large decline in demand (and thus tax revenues) that austerity becomes self-defeating. But this argument does not apply to Greece.
当然，对于那些外部融资不成问题的大型经济体（比如美国或者欧元区）来说，尝试减少预算赤字必将导致需求（以及税收收入）大规模下滑，让紧缩政策对自身不利。但这一情节并不适用于希腊。