Two years on, Simon Tilford, the author of the report, reckons that with deep recession and ballooning budget deficits on the horizon, muddling through is no longer an option.

如今两年过去了，该报告的作者Simon Tilford认为，面对初露端倪的深度衰退与膨胀的预算赤字，蒙混度日已不再是选择之一。

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But Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Center for European Reform in London, says the Greek crisis reflects a larger economic problem in Europe.

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"Take the troika's forecasts of Greek GDP with a hefty pinch of salt, because the economy is in free fall, " said Simon Tilford, an economist at the Centre for European Reform in London.

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