Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Reading Auerback/Parenteau: Coming to a Country Near You: Let a dozen Latvias bloom?

Interesting reading at naked capitalism: Auerback/Parenteau: Coming to a Country Near You: Let a dozen Latvias bloom?

This provides some flavor of the script:

The US has so far managed to resist anything of this magnitude. But as the voices of fiscal retrenchment intensify, a future not unlike Latvia, Greece and Argentina could await. It has taken the people of Iceland to make the first stand against this growing neo-liberal madness.

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It is now time for the rest of us to follow the Lilliputians of Iceland: to take the rentier juggernaut down before it completes the task. Time to pry the vampire squid off our faces so we can see the light of day again. Hopefully, Iceland represents the future, not Latvia.


Just a wrong reminder that equity is wiped out before the debt is hit?

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