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CatholicEdHead

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4. ABC Radio National in Australia had a great radio show on this

Reply to Bigmack (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 04:04 PM

Dec 2011

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/euro-woe/3701404

On their Rear Vision program. It is a good half hour program which explains much of it. Listen to it or read the transcript.

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OK... non Econ major here.... [View all] Bigmack Dec 2011 OP

Read "Boomerang" by Michael Lewis. SheilaT Dec 2011 #1

Bad decisions and fraud and continued bad decisions and more fraud mrdmk Dec 2011 #2

I posted this the other day, found it a good overview. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #3

Thanks... found this after I posted. Working at reading it now. nt Bigmack Dec 2011 #8

ABC Radio National in Australia had a great radio show on this CatholicEdHead Dec 2011 #4

There is a difference between the Eurozone and European Union mrdmk Dec 2011 #5

Someone just posted a GREAT article about this in SMW..let me go find it! PassingFair Dec 2011 #6

Yep. Ghost Dog Dec 2011 #9

This, the one below re: trade surplus EU countries encouraging the indebtedness.. girl gone mad Dec 2011 #12

If countries are in debt was it too much spending or not enough taxes? dkf Dec 2011 #7

The Greeks got into the EU by lying about their debt. Then they used the fact they applegrove Dec 2011 #10

There's a very simple, clear account of what happened here: Ghost Dog Dec 2011 #11

the real cause is the euro itself rdking647 Dec 2011 #13

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