Άρθρο στους F.T. «Οι Έλληνες θα ζήσουν καλύτερα με την δραχμή…»
Διαβάσαμε στο dailykos.com για το ενδιαφέρον άρθρό του Arvind Subramanian, στους Financial Times, για το τι θα συμβεί αν η Ελλάδα γυρίσει στην δραχμή. Και μάλιστα γράφει ότι αν η Ελλάδα τα καταφέρει τότε ίσως γίνει παράδειγμα για μίμηση και σε άλλες χώρες του ευρώ και της Ε.Ε. που στενάζουν από την λιτότητα. Μας κάνει εντύπωση που μέχρι τώρα δεν έχουμε διαβάσει ούτε μια αράδα από αυτό το άρθρο στα ελληνικά Μ.Μ.Ε. μα ολοι Ν.Δ. ΠΑΣΟΚ είναι και τρομοκρατούν τους πολίτες με τις σαχλαμάρες των κοκοβίνων…
ΠΗΓΗ: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/14/1091715/-Greece-to-get-the-last-laugh-
Very interesting article in the Financial Times - suggesting that Greek voters are not so crazy - they could in fact get the last laugh.
The bankers and 'austerians' as Tom Tomorrow calls them - led by Germany and the UK - say essentially that protecting the banks is the magic key to prosperity, because if rich bankers and hedge funds are 'confident' they will deign to use money in socially useful ways - like making stuff - and everything will be fine. But before that day they must first get everything they want - like government guarantees; promises they will never lose money, and of course - low taxes and even lower wages.
Default will be disastrous for Greece and the resulting contagion would be damaging for Europe....Might the debate be misguided because the premise is flawed? Expelled from the eurozone, Greece might prove more dangerous to the system than it ever was inside it – by providing a model of successful recovery.
So says Arvind Subramanian in the Financial Times.
(registration may be required, but article is free "Greece’s exit may become the euro’s envy")
Follow below to see why this is so important.
Subramanian says that previous major devaluations have worked spectacularly for countries that have used them - South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia. Sure there was short term pain, but that quickly was replaced by real economic growth - for many of these countries at rates of 8% or 9% for years on end.
His point is that if Greece exits, and goes to a devalued Drachma - the rest of the EU will be stuck with a 345 billion euro loss; a banking system in crisis, and continuing deep recession and misery.
And Greece - after 12 or 18 months, a booming economy, rising employment, and new export industries. All of a sudden, those Greek voters who reject austerity will look like heros to the people in Italy and Spain and France who have been told they have to endure unemployment and misery for years to 'protect' their bankers and economies.
What if that is bullshit? That is the message of the Greek left. Such an outcome would make the Greek model impossibly attractive to the other European countries being bled by Germany - and either Germany would pay up with massive stimulus, and employment programs, or watch the Euro collapse and Germany be left alone with an overvalued and expensive currency - not protected by having all the Southern European workers at their beck and call.
We are not at the end of the financial crisis - only the beginning, and it will not come to an end until the power of the banking cartel and finance is broken; and governments that commit to full employment, education, and social welfare are fully in power.
Greece is like the proverbial crack in the dam. If they truly show an alternative, Europe and the US will never be the same.
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