Re: Greece, and going back to the Varoufakis vs Doherty argument. I think the following might settle the argument. Doherty might be inept, but Varoufakis is downright dangerous... RD3, I concede the point.
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Yanis gives his verdict on the EuroSummit's Agreement
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Kind of shows the gulf in outlooks between the left & right tbh...
I actually can't understand that point. He's accusing the Troika of plotting to massage the figures that the Greek government for years massaged and so were asked/ordered to stop manipulating them and observe international standards of independence. Surely this suggestion prevents this??
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Yanis gives his verdict on the EuroSummit's Agreement
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There are serious concerns regarding the sustainability of Greek debt [N.b. Really? Gosh!] This is due to the easing of policies during the last twelve months, which resulted in the recent deterioration in the domestic macroeconomic and financial environment [i.e. It is not the Extend and Pretend ‘bailout’ loans of 2010 and 2012 that, in conjunction with GDP-sapping austerity, caused the debt to scale immense heights – it was the prospect, and reality, of a government that criticized the the Extend and Pretend ‘bailout’ loans that… caused Debt’s Unustainability!]
the safeguarding of the full legal independence of ELSTAT [i.e. the troika demands complete control of the way Greece’s budget balance is computed, with a view to controlling fully the magnitude of austerity it imposes on the government.]
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