What to make of Greece’s bigger “haircut”

Details have begun to emerge of the revised debt exchange proposed for Greece. The good news is that a larger haircut will make her debt more manageable, all else equal. The bad news is that all else is not equal. Calm in the financial markets is unlikely to be restored.

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