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Re:Why Italy Could Be the Epicenter of the Next Financial Cr... by mtrovo on Sunday October 14, 2018 @06:49AM (#18212307)
> European put massive amounts of money into Greece that were not used to prop up the economy, but to bail out investments by German and French banks. So, basically a transfer from the European tax payer to some banks.

Could you elaborate a little bit more? I never heard about it before.

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Re:Why Italy Could Be the Epicenter of the Next Financial Cr... by FabHK on Monday October 15, 2018 @01:03PM (#18221474)
Another good source, if you want a necessarily subjective, but I think sincere inside view, is the tell-it-all by famed former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment.

It's a bit technical occasionally, but really riveting and full of drama (unfortunately not fictional).

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Re:Why Italy Could Be the Epicenter of the Next Financial Cr... by kome on Sunday October 14, 2018 @06:52AM (#18212314)
https://www.esmt.org/pub/where-did-greek-bailout-money-go

> Could you elaborate a little bit more? I never heard about it before.

Where are you from?

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Re:Why Italy Could Be the Epicenter of the Next Financial Cr... by toyg on Sunday October 14, 2018 @07:21AM (#18212389)
No need to be snarky. Most media reporting on that crisis was histerical rhetoric about "lazy Greeks who won't pay their debts" -- a narrative enabled by North-European politicians like Schäuble and Dijsselbloem to cover their actions. A lot of well-meaning people fell into that propaganda trap.
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Re:Why Italy Could Be the Epicenter of the Next Financial Cr... by kome on Sunday October 14, 2018 @12:24PM (#18213631)
I wasn't snarky...
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