“Greece unquestionably needs reform. But remember where the country was just a year ago. Austerity was paused in 2014, which allowed growth to return. Athens was in a primary surplus and needed no further financial aid — only extensions to smooth out the steep repayment cliffs in 2015 and 2016 that the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund recklessly left unchanged in the 2012 restructuring. Would it really have been so hard to simply grant the extensions (without haircuts), let the growth rebound continue (which would have increased the ability to service the debt) and leave Greeks to fight out whether and how to fix their country (or not)?” – Martin Sandbu, The Financial Times
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Sérgio de Almeida Correia,
Pois, foi basicamente o mesmo que afirmou Paul de Grauwe num recente estudo sobre a situação grega (referido num dos últimos posts no blogue Economia Info). A Grécia basicamente não necessita de mais resgates, necessita que não a obriguem a fazer mais austeridade e que a deixem em paz, não a obrigando apenas a fazer muitos pagamentos de juros.
“Austerity was paused in 2014, which allowed growth to return.”
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