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I detect all the reporting of the Greek (and next Spanish, Italian, etc.) debt crisis unbelievably frustrating.

Why does everyone equate Hellenic Republic defaulting on its debt alongside Hellenic Republic leaving or existence kicked out of the euro? The 2 steps are completely separate. If Illinois defaults on its bonds, it does non stimulate got to leave of absence the dollar zone -- as well as it would live on an obvious disaster for it to create so. 

It is exactly the doublespeak confusion of sovereign default alongside breaking upwardly a currency spousal human relationship which is causing a lot of the run.

It's pretty clear that if Hellenic Republic leaves the Euro as well as reintroduces the Drachma, that lawsuit volition come upwardly alongside uppercase controls, swift devaluation, effective expropriation of savings, as well as a disastrous as well as chaotic rewriting of all someone contracts (do I stimulate got to pay this mouth inwards Euros or Drachmas? Every contract ends upwardly inwards court. Greek court.) 

Quiz: If your politicians are fifty-fifty talking close this split upwardly of affair (together alongside "austerity" which is heavy on higher uppercase taxation) what create you lot do? Answer: accept your coin out of the banks, now.  Take everything that is non bolted downwards as well as leave.

Just talking close leaving the Euro is How To Start a Bank Run 101.

The correct pace is the opposite: firmly denote as well as commit every bit much every bit possible that Hellenic Republic (and Italy, Spain, etc.) volition non leave of absence the euro.

Precommitment is hard, but a adept kickoff pace is to come inwards clear you lot know the activity you're trying to commit non to create volition wound you.  Communicating a commitment non to stimulate got dessert is hard. Communicating a commitment non to shoot yourself inwards the pes should live on easier. Start past times non saying  that shooting yourself inwards the pes volition sense of savor good.

Politicians bespeak to repeat over as well as over i time to a greater extent than that they empathise a default does non hateful euro run out -- that the 2 steps are completely split upwardly decisions; that a currency spousal human relationship alongside sovereign default is perfectly possible.

Them they bespeak to articulate merely what a disaster leaving the Euro volition be. They bespeak to tell they volition tolerate sovereign default, banking company failures, as well as drastic cuts inwards regime payments rather than breakup.

Yes, cuts. The enquiry for Hellenic Republic is non whether it volition cutting payments. Stimulus is off the table, unless the Germans experience similar paying for it, which they don't. The enquiry for Hellenic Republic is whether, having promised 10 euros, it volition pay 10 devalued drachmas or v actual euros. The supposed create goodness of euro run out as well as swift devaluation is the belief that  people will  live on fooled that the 10 Drachmas are non a "cut" similar the v euros would be. Good luck alongside that.

Think what would occur if, inwards social club for Illinois or California to solve their debt,  pension as well as benefits debacles, they decided to leave of absence the dollar zone, flora uppercase controls, redenominate all banking company accounts as well as someone contracts inwards their borders, as well as devalue. Plus big wealth taxes. Now they tin tell their pensioners, "see, nosotros didn't cutting your benefits subsequently all." Would the pensioners live on fooled? Would this develop of steps brand them to a greater extent than competitive? And if Illinois or California politicians started talking close this split upwardly of thing, how fast would the banking company run start?

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Greek deviation would too live on disastrous for the residual of Euroland. Yes, Hellenic Republic is small. But  people alongside banking company accounts inwards Kingdom of Spain or Italy would run across clearly that their leaders create non empathise sovereign default tin coexist alongside a currency union. The run starts. Sorry, intensifies.  Hellenic Republic is a huge precedent.  

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