Greece reached an important milestone yesterday: After nearly nine years of crisis, brutal austerity and political turmoil, it exited what was supposed to be the last of three bailout programmes.
If only it weren’t doing so with Europe’s largest debt burden.
Europe’s leaders are understandably eager to be done with an embarrassing episode. The debt crisis that began in 2010 highlighted not only Greece’s financial mismanagement, but also how Germany, France and other core countries allowed their banks to enable it. Bailing out Greece was an act of political sleight of hand: It indirectly saved the banks, while putting the onus on the Greeks.
Miraculously, Greece survived. The federal budget is in surplus, and the economy is g…
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