What European leaders may want most from the Fund are easy loans and strong rhetorical support. But what Europe really needs is the kind of honest assessment and tough love that the Fund has traditionally offered to its other, less politically influential, clients.
已故的芝加哥学派经济学家乔治·斯蒂格勒会把IMF在欧洲的角色称为病入膏肓的“监管俘虏”。在IMF，欧洲和美国把持了太多的权力，在行为方式中占据了太大的主导地位。欧洲领导人最希望从IMF手中获得的是宽松的贷款和给力的口头支持。但欧洲实际上需要的是诚实的评估和苦口良药，即IMF传统上对政治影响力较低的客户所做的那些事。