Tag Archives: Europe

Greece is the (lack of) word

The silence is deafening. Following a whole series of talks that at stages have looked promising only to quickly break down, news of a plan of action regarding Greece’s debt crisis is conspicuous by its absence. Many news outlets have simply stopped writing about … Continue reading

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Another fine mess you’ve got us into… part III

This is my third entry on the current problems facing Europe. In the first two entries we looked at why and how Europe got itself into such a mess in the first place and why the events of the last … Continue reading

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Another fine mess you’ve got us into… part II

This is the second of three entries on the problems facing Europe. In the first we discovered three key issues: that many of the key economies in Europe have a very tight relationship through the Eurozone, a monetary union; that … Continue reading

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Another fine mess you’ve got us into… part I

Stories concerning Europe’s economic problems have been all over the news the past few years. The problems are both primary causes and consequences of the world economic meltdown that took place in 2008. However, in the last six months events … Continue reading

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