When the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers endangered the credit of financial institutions, private credit was replaced by the credit of the state, revealing an unrecognized flaw in the euro. By transferring their right to print money to the European Central Bank (ECB), member countries exposed themselves to the risk of default, like Third World countries heavily indebted in a foreign currency.
纽约——2007年以来欧洲一直身处金融危机。雷曼兄弟破产危及金融机构信贷导致国家信贷挤出私人信贷，进而彰显了欧元不为人知的问题。因为将印钞权交给欧洲央行（ECB），欧盟成员国像背负巨额外币债的第三世界国家一样承担着债务违约的风险。大量持有弱国政府债的商业银行随时可能破产。