Europe is Damned | 125 comments (125 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

So how can we imagine this possibility doesn't occur to Trichet and others?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 12th, 2010 at 11:02:50 AM EST
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Ideological blinders.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 12th, 2010 at 11:07:29 AM EST
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Re: Europe is Damned (none / 1)

Jean-Claude Juncker has a frank interview with Quatremer. I should do it as a diary.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 12th, 2010 at 12:18:17 PM EST
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Re: Europe is Damned (none / 0)

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En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 12th, 2010 at 02:23:13 PM EST
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Why are they not doing it? (4.00 / 4)

let's see:

"keeping their powder dry"?
not going to war against their friends, partners and neihbors the Serious People?
not going to war against the financiers who are absolutely needed to save us from a bigger crisis?
it's probably socialisticky?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 12th, 2010 at 12:40:18 PM EST
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Re: Why are they not doing it? (none / 1)

I think they don't see a problem so they don't look for a solution.

If there is a problem, they think it's entirely Greece's fiscal position, and the solution is neoliberal reform.

The thought that the bond market might be the problem hasn't crossed their minds.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Feb 12th, 2010 at 02:21:27 PM EST
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Europe is Damned | 125 comments (125 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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