
Save Puerto Rico From Dollar Tyranny
Puerto Rico faces many of the same economic problems as Greece: high external government debt, locked into a common currency with other countries, and an ultimatum from those other countries Continue Reading →
Puerto Rico faces many of the same economic problems as Greece: high external government debt, locked into a common currency with other countries, and an ultimatum from those other countries Continue Reading →
No wonder the German public is, um, peeved. Continue Reading →
This is the best take on Greece that I have seen. Warning: NSFW (language). Continue Reading →
I don’t think ECB will force Greece out of euro; I think it will have to devalue if it wants to reopen its banks ever. Continue Reading →
“Another new consequence of Greece’s economic crisis is that the skies of Athens and other cities are filled with smoke due to the increase in the use of wood burning stoves. The cost of heating oil has gone up 40 percent — a tax increase imposed by the troika. The Greek Environment ministry has issued a warning that the increase in pollutants in the air is posing public health risk.” Continue Reading →
It’s Greek to me. The Greek prime minister is on Twitter. I follow him. Usually his tweets are in Greek followed a few minutes later by the English translation. Saturday, Continue Reading →
The last 13 tweets by Greece’s pm have been exclusively in Greek. Normally he follows a Greek tweet with an English translation. Not now. What’s he trying to hide? I Continue Reading →