Tagged with "greek crisis"

Is America in worse fiscal shape than Greece, France, and Italy?

If OECD data is to be believed, the US isn't just in danger of becoming Greece. It's actually in worse shape
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 20 August 2012
Spinners misread the Greek elections

The euro is destroying democracy. No serious party in Greece has told the electors the truth
by Sir John Redwood MP - 18 June 2012
Voting underway in Greece but euro finished whatever the outcome

It all appears to be on a knife-edge but whichever party wins, the euro's dead man walking anyway
by The Commentator - 17 June 2012
The Populism of the third way is a cancer now starting to kill

Easy answers and hypocrisy delivered with a little spin are no longer sufficient to weather the storm. We cannot continue under the populism of "the third way"
by Benjamin Harris-Quinney - 12 June 2012
Why the euro is working

It's often said that the euro was doomed from the start. But maybe we're all the missing the point and the euro is doing its job just fine
by John Phelan - 12 June 2012
Stop worrying about Greece leaving the euro. It won’t happen

What are we all worrying about? Greece won't leave the Euro - Jean-Claude Juncker says so.
by John Phelan - 22 May 2012
It’s a Greek fire but be careful of burns

With markets expecting a Grexit, the eurozone is about to find out that it may have its own house inflames by failing to see that the system caused the Greek fire in the first place
by Simon Miller - 18 May 2012
Which trader will now dare hold assets in the Eurozone?

The killer question is this: are there still any serious counter arguments against the eventual death of the euro, and if not, why not sell up before it's too late?
by The Commentator - 18 May 2012
From England, the “modern” glossary of financial terms

The economy is changing and with that change comes a whole new set of financial terms...
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 16 March 2012
Put Greece out of its misery. Well, they shoot horses don’t they?

A crazy sense of déjà vu has happened with the Greek debt issue kicked down the road again. But the use of retrospective CAC’s and the message this gives the finance world means that the kindest solution is only round the corner isn’t it?
by Simon Miller - 9 March 2012
Europe prays for Fortuna but may end up with Nemesis

Greece signed away more of its sovereignty this morning in the hope that it can recover from its debt problems. But with even the Troika warning it may not work, the ordinary Greek is being sacrificed on the altar of Europa
by Simon Miller - 21 February 2012
How could Greece exit the Euro legally?

The Rt Hon John Redwood MP discusses the best way for Greece to leave the euro
by Sir John Redwood MP - 8 February 2012
The European Union would have Pericles turning in his grave

An earlier generation of Athenians took pride in being a democratic “pattern to others”. Let them be so again.
by John Phelan - 7 November 2011
Dangerous dominoes: what lies beyond a Greek tragedy

Everyone is talking about Greece but ignoring that elephant in the room – Italy. How much is actually at stake as the Eurozone fiddles while its countries burn?
by Simon Miller - 4 November 2011
Greek Hoi Polloi: Eurozone crisis refusing to budge.

The Brussels elite may be furious at the decision to hold a referendum in Greece, but when the figures look so dire, and people are becoming increasingly agitated, we should remember how things were in Greece not too long ago.
by Anthony Pickles - 2 November 2011