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Will China Fall Off the Seesaw? « Reno Hayek Symposium — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:12:08 +0000

[...] treats, China: Crunch Time. (Note: last month’s predictions on Germany were prescient. See: Germany’s Upcoming Remake of the European Union.) In this analysis of China Zeihan discusses the rebalancing that the major commercial nations are [...]

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Greek PM Papandreau Demands EU Handouts « Reno Hayek Symposium — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:54:25 +0000

[...] Papandreau has threatened going to the IMF according to today’s Bloomberg report, by Neuger and Stearns. Now going to the IMF is embarrassing to countries in the EU, particularly France, so Greece is relying on French pride (hubris perhaps) to turn Germany’s hard line soft! As the Bloomberg report points out, this is a “game of chicken!” Greece is negotiating from a position of weakness and I’m sure, given the fact that other PIIGS are close to the trough, that Germany is well aware of the risk of moral hazard. I would commend a re-read of my recent Stratfor post on subject. [...]

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