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2. I keep coming back to that. Forgive all of Greece's debt and they still need to leave the euro

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 02:50 AM

Jul 2015

There's nothing to be gained for them to be in a monetary union that never has any expansionary pressure by design. As Krugman points out, it's actually a bit worse than the gold standard was.

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Paul Krugman Is Right Again: It's The Euro Itself That Is The Problem [View all] magical thyme Jul 2015 OP

I'll read this when I get back. Quantess Jul 2015 #1

I keep coming back to that. Forgive all of Greece's debt and they still need to leave the euro Recursion Jul 2015 #2