But what is true of international diplomacy – that a series of seemingly reasonable decisions can have cataclysmic consequences if no one bothers to figure out the endgame – is equally true of international finance. Europe is dangerously close to its financial Sarajevo.
如今，没人会认为欧洲将爆发大战。但国际外交的历史对于国际金融来说同样是正确的——一系列看似合理的决策可能产生灾难性后果，如果没人愿意挑明结局的话。欧洲正在危险地靠近金融萨拉热窝。正在南欧危机国海滩度假的欧洲大陆领导人应该好好领会一下塔克曼的著述。