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Even during the midst of the negotiations, I was reading a big turnabout on the euro.

Geithner's comments about the intention to punish Greece all along has now become common  wisdom in Greece.

Paul mason spoke to the moderates in Syriza over the weekend who said that they were dead wrong about the possibility of keeping Greece in the euro.

I think Varoufakis is likely to the very fringe of his party in terms of his sense that Greece needs to stay in the euro, and if you read Varoufakis's writing on currency conversion for other countries (i.e. Scotland or Argentina) then you know he actually has a withering view of Europe.

I am entirely convinced that the body politic in Greece (outside To Potami, the tatters of Pasok, and ND) is now ready for exiting the euro. And I think the people are there too.

by Upstate NY on Mon Feb 23rd, 2015 at 11:26:21 AM EST
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