The debt-ceiling absolutists grossly underestimate the massive adjustment costs of a self-imposed “sudden stop” in debt finance. Such costs are precisely why impecunious countries such as Greece face massive social and economic displacement when financial markets lose confidence and capital flows suddenly dry up.
债务上限绝对论者大大低估了自我发生的债务融资“骤停”所造成的巨大调整成本。这类调整成本正是希腊等缺钱国在金融市场失去信心、资本流突然告竭时出现重大社会和经济混乱的原因。