
Here's a neat article about the meltdown in Europe from the NYTimes. The oddly parallel, has to be somehow related to the one in the States, meltdown.
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The gist is that Europe is not like the States because they don't have a central authority that can dictate taking from the rich and giving to the poor.
It turns out that when you have a singular currency with no central governing body this can really, really suck.
I promise to stop writing so much about the economy. Really, I do.
