危机爆发后，3%赤字目标成了无情的紧缩政策的焦点 — — 人类学家格尔茨（Clifford Geertz）将这种形式称为“内卷化 ” ， 当一个过程因外部或内部压力而加剧而不是变化时就发生了内卷化。
When the crisis struck, the 3% deficit target became the focal point for unrelenting austerity – a form of what anthropologist Clifford Geertz described as “involution,” which occurs when a process intensifies rather than changes in response to external or internal pressure.