Grexit

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• SOURCE: NYT
  8-4-15
  

  The Tough Love of ‘Austerity’

  by Jennifer Szalai

  When we talk about the need for austerity in Greece, the word conveys not just an economic but a moral requirement — a lesson that must be taught.

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• 8-2-15
  

  Why Have Germans Taken such a Hard Line with Greece?

  by Louis A. Ferleger and Jonathan Zatlin

  In part it’s because they learned the wrong lesson from the unification of East and West Germany.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  7-27-15
  

  It's not ancient Greek history pundits should be using to understand the Greek crisis

  by Daniel Mendelsohn

  Byzantium  is more relevant.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-15-15
  

  USC’s Jacob Soll says German anger is sabotaging Greece

  by Jacob Soll

  The economic historian says Germans see themselves as victims of debtors.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  7-6-15
  

  Thomas Piketty accuses Germany of forgetting history as it lectures Greece

  Piketty says that the Germans are only in the strong economic position they are today because they benefited from the forgiveness of their neighbors after World War II.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-6-15
  

  Greek ‘No’ May Have Its Roots in Heroic Myths and Real Resistance

  Experts and analysts say the vote sprang from a deep cultural and historical strain of defiance in apparently hopeless situations, honed over centuries.

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• 7-5-15
  

  Why a Greek No Should Lead to a British Yes

  by Luke Reader

  It has been an extraordinary few hours in Europe. This is what it doesn't mean for the UK.