В противовес мнению Медведчука:
Larry Summers: Why Ukraine’s debt deal is important not just for Ukraine, but also for the WestАвтор — какой-то там профессор откуда-то из Гарварда (да-да, мы помним про Сашу Боровика
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Правда, о себе пишет, что имеет нехилый такой опыт в "долговых" переговорах:
I have been watching debt negotiations closely for more than 30 years, since the Latin American crisis of the 1980s.
Вкратце, его оценка по реструктуризации долгов:
Ukraine has gotten as good and fast a deal as any I have ever seen.
(Самая выгодная и самая быстрая сделка из того, что ему приходилось видеть).
Подчеркивает, что помощь Украине — не только помощь сама по себе, но и вложения в собственную безопасность (для Штатов и ЕС):
Support for Ukraine should not be seen as foreign assistance to a striving economic reformer, though it is that. Rather, with Ukraine invaded, support should be seen as investment in forward defense of core U.S. and European security interests. If Ukraine succeeds economically, investments will pay for themselves several times over as loans are paid back with interest, and as Russia’s government is both deterred by Ukraine’s stronger economy and pressured by its economic example.
Походя слегка незаметно так пнул Грецию:
Historians will wonder why the international community has invested more than 10 times as much money in supporting a recalcitrant Greece as in supporting a reforming Ukraine, since the start of their crisis. Perhaps intra-European Union loans are in some special category, but as of this moment the IMF’s potential exposure to Greece is $41 billion compared to only $22 billion for Ukraine.
Ну и похвала + пожелания Украине:
Now is the moment for Ukraine at long last to embrace the market and the rule of law. It has the best, most market-oriented economic team in its history. And it is the time for global community to do whatever it takes—much more than is being done today—to provide support at a critical juncture.
