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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Make Their Marx, May 18-20, 2012 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)89. Greece Must Exit Nouriel Roubini TODAY'S MUST READ
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greece-must-exit
The Greek euro tragedy is reaching its final act: it is clear that either this year or next, Greece is highly likely to default on its debt and exit the eurozone.
Postponing the exit after the June election with a new government committed to a variant of the same failed policies (recessionary austerity and structural reforms) will not restore growth and competitiveness. Greece is stuck in a vicious cycle of insolvency, lost competitiveness, external deficits, and ever-deepening depression. The only way to stop it is to begin an orderly default and exit, coordinated and financed by the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund (the Troika), that minimizes collateral damage to Greece and the rest of the eurozone.
Greeces recent financing package, overseen by the Troika, gave the country much less debt relief than it needed. But, even with significantly more public-debt relief, Greece could not return to growth without rapidly restoring competitiveness. And, without a return to growth, its debt burden will remain unsustainable. But all of the options that might restore competitiveness require real currency depreciation...
ROUBINI OUTLINES POSSIBLE FUTURES AND SCENARIOS--A GLIMPSE INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL
The Greek euro tragedy is reaching its final act: it is clear that either this year or next, Greece is highly likely to default on its debt and exit the eurozone.
Postponing the exit after the June election with a new government committed to a variant of the same failed policies (recessionary austerity and structural reforms) will not restore growth and competitiveness. Greece is stuck in a vicious cycle of insolvency, lost competitiveness, external deficits, and ever-deepening depression. The only way to stop it is to begin an orderly default and exit, coordinated and financed by the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund (the Troika), that minimizes collateral damage to Greece and the rest of the eurozone.
Greeces recent financing package, overseen by the Troika, gave the country much less debt relief than it needed. But, even with significantly more public-debt relief, Greece could not return to growth without rapidly restoring competitiveness. And, without a return to growth, its debt burden will remain unsustainable. But all of the options that might restore competitiveness require real currency depreciation...
ROUBINI OUTLINES POSSIBLE FUTURES AND SCENARIOS--A GLIMPSE INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL
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