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Re: Europe: Ticking Debt Bomb?
Old 05-06-2010, 05:57 PM   #4
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Default Re: Europe: Ticking Debt Bomb?

Well then, here's an excellent article from The Economist about the financial woes of Greece (and Europe).

The graph is also very illustrative. Greece's debt is more than 100% of GDP. For comparison, public debt in the US is somewhere around 50%.

The other country with a huge debt is Italy. In fact, its public debt as a percent of GDP is even higher than Greece. I read elsewhere that Italy's debt to France alone is about 20% of France's GDP.

I say again: stupid Italians.
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