Vor diesem Hintergrund hat sich auch Jeremy Warner vom Telegraph gefragt, ob es aus der Sicht der Griechen wirklich die bessere Option ist, die Abhängigkeit gegenüber seinen ausländischen Gläubigern aufrechtzuerhalten und sich dem rigorosen Spardiktat der Troika zu unterwerfen. Seine Antwort dürfte so manchen überraschen:
Repeated rounds of austerity are proving self defeating, which makes it virtually certain that Greece will eventually have to come back for more. What are Europe's paymasters to demand then?Quelle: TelegraphThat ordinary Greeks be further punished for the sins and omissions of the old political and business elite? They've already been driven close to open rebellion. Morally and socially, it cannot be right to push them any further. To keep on demanding more is no longer an economic strategy, but a form of sadistic vindictiveness, designed, perhaps deliberately, to back the country into a corner.
What is more, experience in Argentina and other countries that have both devalued and defaulted suggest that the economic shock of exiting a fixed exchange rate is relatively short lived.
Once competitiveness has been restored by devaluation and default, growth prospects improve dramatically. The short sharp shock of exit is very likely better than the death by a thousand cuts implied by continued membership.