There is a close parallel between the euro crisis and the Latin American debt crisis of 1982, when the International Monetary Fund saved the international financial system by lending just enough money to the heavily indebted countries to enable them to avoid default. But the IMF imposed strict austerity on these countries, pushing them into a prolonged depression.
欧元危机和1982年的拉美债务危机有着很强的相似性，当时国际货币基金组织为挽救国际金融体系借贷给负债国的资金刚够让他们避免违约。但国际货币基金组织勒令这些国家实行严格的紧缩政策，并因此将他们推入长期的经济萧条之中。拉丁美洲失去了十年的宝贵时光。