It was in Calabria, on New Year's Day 2004, that it came home to me that southern Europe was set for serious trouble with the euro. Walking round the village to work off the excesses of the night before, I noticed that all the prices had been raised by 10 per cent. Why? Because it was January 1, silly. But in Germany they were not raising prices at all.
那是在2004年元旦的卡拉布里亚（意大利南部的一个大区，译者注），我猛然间意识到，南欧注定会陷入严重的欧元危机。为了消除前夜纵情狂欢带来的疲劳，我在村子里散起了步。我注意到，当地所有商品的价格都上涨了10%。原因何在？因为那天是1月1日，傻瓜！但在德国，当时商品却一点儿也没涨价。
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