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Greece and the Fate of the Euro

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Crunch time has come for Greece, and perhaps for the euro. If Greece defaults and exits the eurozone, how much collateral damage should Europe expect?‎

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  1. Europe’s Vindictive Privatization Plan for Greece
    Greek Parliament Kostas Pikoulas/ZumaPress

    Europe’s Vindictive Privatization Plan for Greece

    Jul 20, 2015 Yanis Varoufakis shows what a key structural reform could have looked like.

  2. Germany, Greece, and the Future of Europe
    Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schäuble Reynaldo Paganelli/ZumaPress

    Germany, Greece, and the Future of Europe

    Jul 20, 2015 Jeffrey D. Sachs calls the creditors' approach to the Greek debt crisis unwise and unprofessional.

  3. Is Tsipras the New Lula?
    Greek Prime minister Alexis Tsipras Panayiotis Tzamaros/ZumaPress

    Is Tsipras the New Lula?

    Jul 17, 2015 Jeffrey Frankel believes that Greece’s prime minister could begin to emulate leftists in South Korea and Brazil.

  4. Saving Greece, Saving Europe
    Merkel Tsipras Wikimedia Commons

    Saving Greece, Saving Europe

    Jul 13, 2015 Barry Eichengreen warns that Germany’s effort to force a Grexit is paving a path to political and economic disaster.

  5. Greece for Grownups
    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras George Panagakis/ZumaPress

    Greece for Grownups

    Jul 13, 2015 Adair Turner demands that eurozone authorities face the reality that a Greek debt write-off is inescapable.

  6. Down and Out in Athens and Brussels
    Greece sadness George Panagakis/ZumaPress

    Down and Out in Athens and Brussels

    Jul 11, 2015 Jeffrey D. Sachs pinpoints the economic-governance failures that fueled the Greek crisis.

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