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The First New Foreign Crisis
- dpapathanasiou 18y agoI'm surprised Greece isn't on that list, since much of the recent violence has been fueled by economic woes: "Greece needs to tap the capital markets for 40bn euros next year to roll over debt and fund the budget deficit, as well as 15bn euros or so in bond issuance by banks under the state's new guarantee." http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ambrose_evans-pritchard/blog/2008/12/10/greek_fighting_the_eurozones_weakest_link_starts_to_crack http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ambrose_evans-pritchard/blog/20...
- sielskr 18y agoI hate pieces like this. You have some reporter or blogger trying to make himself look important by repeating some lurid scenarios told by some Obama appointees also trying to make themselves look important or prescient or serious and responsible, and none of them have any insights or knowledge of the economy or even world politics worth reading about unless you are close to the administration and it is career-enhancing for you to be able to predict what decisions the adminstration will make.