One answer is that they were the world’s longest-held captives of the so-called middle-income trap – and remain within its reach to this day. With countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin American fearing that, having reached the international middle class, they could be stuck there, Greece and Argentina shed light on how that might happen.
圣地亚哥—除了根深蒂固的坏宏观经济学传统，希腊和阿根廷有什么共同之处？一个答案是它们是全球陷入所谓的中等收入陷阱时间最长的国家——至今仍然没有摆脱这一陷阱。亚洲、东欧和拉美国家如果担心一旦进入国际中产阶级行列将被固化在这一阶段，那么希腊和阿根廷很好地说明了可能发生什么。