At lunch the other day, a friend who recently returned to New York after living abroad for many years asked …
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Tag Archives: Greece
The Euro Lifeboat
Citizens of Germany, Greece and Ireland are all learning an important lesson: When you share a lifeboat with someone, you …
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The Economic Fujiwara
The dollar is up against the euro. No, the dollar is down against the euro. Now it’s up again. Until …
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Restoring Confidence In Europe’s Banks
The financial crisis that gripped the world in late 2008 was, most of all, a crisis of confidence. What we …
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How Low Interest Rates Sap Economic Growth
Conventional wisdom tells us we need record-low interest rates to help the global economy recover from the Great Recession and …
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The Dog That Did Not Bark
Something pretty significant did not happen yesterday, and because it did not happen, not many people paid attention to it. …
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Sensible Measures In Europe
European leaders, with some outside help, have finally moved decisively to deal with the debt crisis that was rapidly spreading …
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Finance Oracles See Trouble Ahead For Greece
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Europe Accepts A Little Reality
A small dose of reality helped move the Greek drama closer to its conclusion yesterday Tragedies do not have happy endings.
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