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It was though? I remember a default being a real option in the media. But in the end, it was clear that unlike in Iceland, bankruptcies were not considerable,
by 317070 1mo ago
It was though? I remember a default being a real option in the media.
But in the end, it was clear that unlike in Iceland, bankruptcies were not considerable, and so a bailout was going to happen. The only question was how the bailout would be structured.
Yanis Varoufakis made his name back then by going against the grain and proposing a hairsplit, but instead an approach was chosen where Greece never really defaulted, but its population was harshly punished for it.
- bluebarbet 1mo agoA default plus Greece unilaterally continuing to use the euro was the scenario hardly ever evoked.
- jen20 1mo agoIndeed so: the term “Brexit” was a comical extension of the original “Grexit” at that time.