It is a mistake to conflate technocratic elites (those with PhDs or other advanced economics degrees) with other kinds of elites (those with money or power, especially if they inherited one or the other). Most economists understood the downside risks of European monetary union.
将技术官僚精英（他们都拥有博士学位或其他高级经济学学位）和其他种类的精英（他们大多有钱有势，特别是如果钱和势可以继承的话）。大部分经济学家明白欧洲货币联盟存在崩盘危险。而政客在选择货币一体化时低估了技术上的困难。