Greece: It's the politics, stupid! - (Another Scott) - (41) - June 28, 2015, 01:20:49 PM EDT
         Nah! The Greek governmaent was elected to stiff the rest of EU. - (a6l6e6x) - (29) - June 28, 2015, 04:52:35 PM EDT
             We'll see. - (Another Scott) - (28) - June 28, 2015, 05:46:38 PM EDT
                 They will have a depression now. - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - June 28, 2015, 09:36:02 PM EDT
                     25+% unemployment for 3+ years isn't already a depression? - (Another Scott) - (4) - June 28, 2015, 10:35:35 PM EDT
                         is that american unemployment measure or really counting all the people out of work? -NT - (boxley) - (2) - June 28, 2015, 10:46:54 PM EDT
                             Re: is that american unemployment measure or really counting all the people out of work? - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 28, 2015, 10:58:30 PM EDT
                                 For one thing BLS has the notion of "discouraged workers". - (a6l6e6x) - June 28, 2015, 11:34:39 PM EDT
                         If it's measured like in the US, then yes. - (a6l6e6x) - June 28, 2015, 10:58:14 PM EDT
                 Greece was supposed to have a shallow recession - (pwhysall) - (21) - June 29, 2015, 01:04:39 AM EDT
                     The endemic tax evasion problem goes back decades. - (static) - (1) - June 29, 2015, 02:20:15 AM EDT
                         Agreed 100% -NT - (pwhysall) - June 29, 2015, 03:23:31 AM EDT
                     It's hard to have a primary surplus without collecting taxes... - (Another Scott) - (18) - June 29, 2015, 08:12:27 AM EDT
                         I don't disagree - (pwhysall) - (3) - June 29, 2015, 09:39:02 AM EDT
                             Bring back Ottoman rule! :) - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - June 29, 2015, 01:23:45 PM EDT
                                 Yes, but the Turks have much fancier outfits. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - July 1, 2015, 12:44:09 PM EDT
                                     you sure? looks like a shriners convention -NT - (boxley) - July 1, 2015, 12:49:12 PM EDT
                         More on the structural problems facing Greece: - (pwhysall) - (13) - July 7, 2015, 03:19:05 AM EDT
                             Yeah, if only Syria had not won the election, then the Banksters would have fixed everything... :-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - (12) - July 7, 2015, 01:04:41 PM EDT
                                 So what's your solution? - (pwhysall) - (11) - July 7, 2015, 05:03:31 PM EDT
                                     Excluded middle ... but you know that, right? - (drook) - (10) - July 7, 2015, 05:07:22 PM EDT
                                         OK, how do you do that? - (pwhysall) - (9) - July 7, 2015, 05:10:22 PM EDT
                                             You broke it, you bought it - (drook) - (8) - July 7, 2015, 07:48:10 PM EDT
                                                 This. - (Another Scott) - July 8, 2015, 02:18:33 AM EDT
                                                 Why not? - (pwhysall) - (6) - July 8, 2015, 02:55:45 AM EDT
                                                     I don't know that 12-step programs work on social psychology - (drook) - (4) - July 8, 2015, 09:14:12 AM EDT
                                                         Or we could just keep right on tipping money into their economy - (pwhysall) - (3) - July 8, 2015, 12:29:12 PM EDT
                                                             Oh, I see, you just make up convenient "facts." - (mmoffitt) - (2) - July 8, 2015, 12:48:45 PM EDT
                                                                 Whev - (pwhysall) - (1) - July 8, 2015, 01:01:47 PM EDT
                                                                     Re: EZ countries should just keep right on paying. - (mmoffitt) - July 8, 2015, 04:22:58 PM EDT
                                                     Right. - (mmoffitt) - July 8, 2015, 09:22:18 AM EDT
         Krugman: The Reverse Corleone - (Another Scott) - (4) - June 28, 2015, 10:50:18 PM EDT
             Re: "they made Tsipras an offer he can’t accept" - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - June 28, 2015, 11:09:06 PM EDT
                 Sure you can. At least for a while. - (crazy) - (1) - June 29, 2015, 08:55:23 AM EDT
                     :-) -NT - (boxley) - June 29, 2015, 11:06:26 AM EDT
                 Yeah. Who do they think they are? Wall Street Bankers? -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 29, 2015, 08:55:33 AM EDT
         Greece blinked - (crazy) - (2) - July 1, 2015, 09:48:40 AM EDT
             It's really hard to know who's giving the straight story on this stuff. - (Another Scott) - July 1, 2015, 11:09:18 AM EDT
             They are literally playing games. - (a6l6e6x) - July 1, 2015, 06:09:08 PM EDT
         Good article on monetary policy and why the euro was doomed from the start - (crazy) - July 6, 2015, 07:17:32 PM EDT
         Piketty (and others) open letter to Frau Merkel. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - July 8, 2015, 10:01:39 AM EDT
             Puritanical visions of comeuppances (visited on anonymous Others) ..not just the Murican schadenfreude - (Ashton) - July 10, 2015, 04:20:19 PM EDT