http://edafe.org edafe.org is the personal site of Edafe Knabe. Sat, 12 May 2012 12:19:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://edafe.org/2012/02/the-eurozone-the-ant-and-the-grasshopper/ http://edafe.org/2012/02/the-eurozone-the-ant-and-the-grasshopper/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:59:19 +0000 edafe http://edafe.org/?p=6353 Continue reading →]]> “When the ants and the grasshoppers are distributed across the division separating surplus from deficit nations within a badly designed monetary union, the stage is set for a depression that sets all against all in a vicious spiral from which only losers can emerge.” Yanis Varoufakis explains why he thinks that countries in the euro zone can neither bail out nor be bailed out of the current crisis.
www.channel4.com

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seattlepi.nwsource.com

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