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Re:The EU Is on the Verge of Collapse–An Interview with Geor... by derriz on Saturday January 23, 2016 @08:36AM (#10958339)
How does this make sense? Greece accounts for less than 1% of German exports. Germany gave Greece 80B to protect 4B worth of exports?
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Re:The EU Is on the Verge of Collapse–An Interview with Geor... by Someone on Saturday January 23, 2016 @09:05AM (#10958421)
I don't argue it makes sense, but Germany also got a few years of interest on those loans. Could they have gotten the same interest elsewhere for significantly less risk? I doubt it.

There also are claims Germany made lots of money on the crisis itself because it made it cheaper for them to borrow money (http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2015/08/10/study-germany-ma...)

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