萨默斯是在批评欧洲将注意力集中在希腊问题这样的次要问题上，而更危险的失衡 — — 北欧和南欧之间的失衡、鲁莽银行债权人与监管不力的政府之间的失衡 — — 却在一天比一天更严重。
Summers was criticizing Europe’s focus on the second-order issue of Greece while far graver imbalances – between the EU’s north and south, and between reckless banks’ creditors and governments that failed to regulate properly – worsen with each passing day.