France emerged from World War I with very large debts. Here’s a comparison, using the IMF debt database, with the country the deficit scolds use to scare us nowadays: The striking thing, of course, is the sharp decline in the debt to GDP ratio. How did that happen? Find out and discuss in the […]
Lessons from a similar debt crisis
March 31st, 2013 · Comments Off on Lessons from a similar debt crisis
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The Greek Tragedy
February 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on The Greek Tragedy
While there is a high-stake poker game going on between the troika (IMF/ECB/EU) and Greek politicians, the fundamental question is whether Greece can actually be reformed?
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The euro death spiral
December 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on The euro death spiral
Capital flows going the wrong way, anything to stop them?
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ECB backdoor to solve the euro crisis?
December 18th, 2011 · Comments Off on ECB backdoor to solve the euro crisis?
Another creative idea hits a pocket of air and deflates..
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Could there actually be a working policy to save the euro zone?
December 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Could there actually be a working policy to save the euro zone?
After all, there seems to be some modicum of market optimism, with peripheral yields going down..
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Revolt in the South
December 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Revolt in the South
‘Thinking of it, it’s perhaps surprising something like this hasn’t happened before
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More imaginative and weird solutions for the euro zone crisis
December 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on More imaginative and weird solutions for the euro zone crisis
Getting ever more creative..
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We’re All Becoming Germans
December 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on We’re All Becoming Germans
Join the club..
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The Central Banks Wall of Money
December 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on The Central Banks Wall of Money
Waiting for the tsunami..
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Germany’s catastrophic euro mistake revisited
November 26th, 2011 · Comments Off on Germany’s catastrophic euro mistake revisited
Making amends, but the damage has been done..
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