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we probably should.. but they can not do more damage than what they have already done.

Soon it will be time for the crude reality, either austerity plunges Europe into another recession and debt piles up and the solvency of Germany is at stake or the program works as the gurus expected and an slow recovery slugs trhrough without inflation.

In the latter case, Greece is still insolvent becuase rich people do not pay taxes there...in the former all Europe is insolvent in four further years of recession.

So, either Greece defaults or inflation is created.

Or Spain and Italy stops deflating their economy or Germany recovery is halted...

I hope they will not have any ther option than monetize debt, generate inflation, increase german salaries and put a high tax on the casino... A mass transfer of wealth from teh casino and banking system to the German worker and Portugal and Greece or everything collpases.

Of course, bankers cold be right and you can growth at 0.1 % every semester for ten years with high unemployment and low inflation despite deficit spending cut which translate in lower aggregate demand.

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sat May 15th, 2010 at 11:32:12 AM EST
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If the economy grows at 0.1% it's not a recession, right?

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 15th, 2010 at 12:02:52 PM EST
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With 0.3 % inflation and 15% real unemployment... of course it is!!!! Who cares about the unemployed.. or the low gorwth.. as long as GDP increases more than inflation and I can increase my share of power..

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sat May 15th, 2010 at 12:48:39 PM EST
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