15/03/09 12:50:49.29 OADytXmX.net
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Thinking about this led me to an interesting question. We know that
part of the reason large postwar reparations were such an unreasonable
and irresponsible demand was the dire, shrunken state of the German
economy after World War I. So how does Greece compare? The answer
startled me:
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Austerity, it turns out, has devastated Greece just about as much as
defeat in total war devastated imperial Germany. The idea of demanding
that this economy triple the size of its primary surplus is … disturbing.