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The Tragic Failure Of the European Experiment
Greece is in its final throes. An account of the terrible consequences of default. The unthinkable is about to happen. A quick tour of how other European countries will fare. The financial consequences. Emigrating: work/employment passes versus permanent residence. Some ideas about where to go. How to gauge the ongoing fortunes of an economy. GDP is not much use. Sub-prime auto loans back with a vengeance. Has nobody learned anything from the last few years? The snare of the ubiquitous student loans, growing by leaps and bounds. How will future generations spend into the economy when they are hamstrung by all these loans?