希腊陷入公共债务危机的首要原因是整个国家猖獗的裙带关系(clientelism)。通常人们会认为,南、北两个欧洲的区别是:勤勉的、纪律严明的新教北欧(德国、荷兰和斯堪的纳维亚诸国)和慵懒、挥霍的天主教一东正教南欧之间的文化差异。其实,南、北欧的差异并非文化上的,而在于有无裙带关系。在我看来,裙带关系与腐败不同。裙带关系体制存在着某种责任制:如果政治家上台执政,他们就需要回馈支持者,即 Greece’s primary reason for falling into a public debt crisis is clientelism, rampant in the country as a whole. It is often assumed that the difference between the two North and South Europe is the diligence and discipline of the Protestant Nordic countries (Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia) and the lazy, squandering Catholic-Orthodox Southern Europe cultural difference. In fact, the difference between southern and northern Europe is not cultural, but rather whether the nepotism. In my opinion, nepotism and corruption are different. There is a system of accountability in the nepotism system: if politicians come to power, they need to give back their supporters