The US government had the perfect opportunity to demonstrate to giant corporations that they cannot operate antisocially in the banking crisis. Instead of punishing them, it paid off all their debts out of taxpayers' money. You get the government you vote for.
The Euro has been a Mickey-Mouse currency for the simple reason that tying economies which are quite different into one currency simply does not work. So a currency with Putin, the dictators of the former Soviet satellites, a handful of Asian Tigers and Western democratic economies hasn't a chance in hell.
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The Rigging Of The American Market
Touche, Jason. I agree.
The Rigging Of The American Market
The US government had the perfect opportunity to demonstrate to giant corporations that they cannot operate antisocially in the banking crisis. Instead of punishing them, it paid off all their debts out of taxpayers' money. You get the government you vote for.
Vladimir Putin Proposes "Eurasian" Currency Union
The Euro has been a Mickey-Mouse currency for the simple reason that tying economies which are quite different into one currency simply does not work. So a currency with Putin, the dictators of the former Soviet satellites, a handful of Asian Tigers and Western democratic economies hasn't a chance in hell.