1/ Greece is an aging country with a population of ~11 million and a GDP of ~242 billion. SV: 7 million, 535B.
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2/ If you set aside sentiment, there's no good reason for Greece to exist. Let Louvre take antiquities. Let Disney manage historic sites...
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easy there guy. still another 148 countries with lower per-capita GDP. By that logic, SV gonna end up in charge of 98% of the world
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. Yes, but other 148 aren't at the center of a major crisis. I am being mostly facetious, but to point out weird priorities.
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in any case, for better or for worse, Greece is the sacrificial lamb to keep Spain and Italy in line, show them not to dare ask for $
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Quite apart from the unnecessary fiscal elements of the crisis, Greece is also the first victim of the aging population problem
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Germany, Italy, Austria, Japan are all worse en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c. 2 of those have economies that will transition...
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But their relatively larger size (except for Italy) is high enough to make other solutions feasible while preserving national id

