Niall Ferguson Is Wrong On U.S. & Greece

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By Martin Wolf

Published: February 16 2010 20:23 | Last updated: February 16 2010 20:23

Niall Ferguson is not given to understatement. So I was not surprised by the claim last week that the US will face a Greek crisis. I promptly dismissed this as hysteria. Like many other high-income countries, the US is indeed walking a fiscal tightrope. But the dangers are excessive looseness in the long run and excessive tightness in the short run. It is a dilemma of which Prof Ferguson seems unaware.

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