No California dreaming for Greece

The repeated failure to agree on austerity measures together with threats of default and the prospect of IOUs have prompted comparisons between Greece’s situation and that in California in 2009. But Greece’s problems are far larger, a solution will be more difficult to find and default is a bigger risk.


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