Yet creditors sometimes prevail to their own detriment; by pushing the debtor to the breaking point, they end up bringing about a complete default. Germany’s mistake this past week was to push the Greek economy – already in conditions rivaling those of the Great Depression – into a complete financial collapse.
但债权人胜出有时未必对自己有利，将债务人推向崩溃的边缘只能带来彻底违约的结果。过去一周德国的失误在于将原本已经媲美大萧条的希腊经济推向了彻底的金融崩溃。