Greek PM: 13 and Counting
The last 13 tweets by Greece’s pm have been exclusively in Greek. Normally he follows a Greek tweet with an English translation. Not now. What’s he trying to hide? I can read a little Greek, but this...
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It’s Greek to me. The Greek prime minister is on Twitter. I follow him. Usually his tweets are in Greek followed a few minutes later by the English translation. Saturday, there were 13 consecutive...
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Greeks Have Discovered That Incentives Matter
Athens smog from wood fires Apparently the Greeks have discovered that incentives matter. From today’s “All Things Considered” on NPR: “Another new consequence of Greece’s economic crisis is that the...
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Advent of the Southern Euro
Drachma and Euro [Update 2 June 30, 2015, 1:35 pm with comment and image via Neil Wilson (@neilwilson).] [Updated June 30, 2015 1:20 pm left-coast time GMT -8 with two new comments from joao.] In his...
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The Best Take on Greece
(click for larger image) This is the best take on Greece that I have seen. Warning: NSFW (language). Quoting the last few paragraphs, Europe’s creditors are behaving exactly as one might naively...
View ArticleGreek and German Pensions
In Greece workers can retire after 30 years and collect 80% of their annual income. In Germany it takes 40 years and workers get 70% of their income. A concise comparison of Greek and German pensions...
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Save Puerto Rico From Dollar Tyranny
Greek drachma coin (click for larger image) Puerto Rico faces many of the same economic problems as Greece: high external government debt, locked into a common currency with other countries, and an...
View ArticleGreek PM: 13 and Counting
The last 13 tweets by Greece’s pm have been exclusively in Greek. Normally he follows a Greek tweet with an English translation. Not now. What’s he trying to hide? I Continue Reading →
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It’s Greek to me. The Greek prime minister is on Twitter. I follow him. Usually his tweets are in Greek followed a few minutes later by the English translation. Saturday, Continue Reading →
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Greeks Have Discovered That Incentives Matter
Athens smog from wood fires Apparently the Greeks have discovered that incentives matter. From today’s “All Things Considered” on NPR: “Another new consequence of Greece’s economic crisis is that the...
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Advent of the Southern Euro
Drachma and Euro [Update 2 June 30, 2015, 1:35 pm with comment and image via Neil Wilson (@neilwilson).] [Updated June 30, 2015 1:20 pm left-coast time GMT -8 with two new comments from joao.] In his...
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The Best Take on Greece
(click for larger image) This is the best take on Greece that I have seen. Warning: NSFW (language). Quoting the last few paragraphs, Europe’s creditors are behaving exactly as one might naively...
View ArticleGreek and German Pensions
In Greece workers can retire after 30 years and collect 80% of their annual income. In Germany it takes 40 years and workers get 70% of their income. A concise comparison of Greek and German pensions...
View ArticleGreek PM: 13 and Counting
The last 13 tweets by Greece’s pm have been exclusively in Greek. Normally he follows a Greek tweet with an English translation. Not now. What’s he trying to hide? I Continue Reading →
View ArticleIt’s Greek to Me
It’s Greek to me. The Greek prime minister is on Twitter. I follow him. Usually his tweets are in Greek followed a few minutes later by the English translation. Saturday, Continue Reading →
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Greeks Have Discovered That Incentives Matter
Athens smog from wood fires Apparently the Greeks have discovered that incentives matter. From today’s “All Things Considered” on NPR: “Another new consequence of Greece’s economic crisis is that the...
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Advent of the Southern Euro
Drachma and Euro [Update 2 June 30, 2015, 1:35 pm with comment and image via Neil Wilson (@neilwilson).] [Updated June 30, 2015 1:20 pm left-coast time GMT -8 with two new comments from joao.] In his...
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The Best Take on Greece
(click for larger image) This is the best take on Greece that I have seen. Warning: NSFW (language). Quoting the last few paragraphs, Europe’s creditors are behaving exactly as one might naively...
View ArticleGreek and German Pensions
[pullquote]In Greece workers can retire after 30 years and collect 80% of their annual income. In Germany it takes 40 years and workers get 70% of their income.[/pullquote] A concise comparison of...
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