The simplistic diagnosis of Europe’s woes – that the crisis countries were living beyond their means – is clearly at least partly wrong. Spain and Ireland had fiscal surpluses and low debt/GDP ratios before the crisis.
对欧洲灾难病因的简单诊断——即危机国家过去一直入不敷出——显然至少有部分是错误的。西班牙和爱尔兰在危机之前都有着财政盈余以及较低的债务对GDP比率。如果希腊是欧洲惟一的问题，那么它肯定可以很容易得到处理。