Let Europe pay for its policy failures

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Series Details 20.7.11
Publication Date 20/07/2011
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Commentary feature. The IMF is a crisis lender, not a benevolent uncle for delinquent rich countries, writes Alan Beattie. Maybe it is now time for the IMF to disentangle itself from its involvement in the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
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ESO: Background information: EU must take ‘bold’ decisions on crisis / Talks focus on Greek debt http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-must-take-bold-decisions-on-crisis-talks-focus-on-greek-debt-bank-tax-proposed-to-help-greece-bail-out-barroso-warns-of-greece-shockwaves-germany-and-france-reach-greek-ac/
Wikipedia: European sovereign debt crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_sovereign_debt_crisis
Google: Public data in Europe: Government Debt in Europe http://www.google.com/publicdata/overview?ds=ds22a34krhq5p_
IMF: Blog: Antonio Borges, 19.7.11: The Solution Is More, Not Less Europe http://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2011/07/19/europe/
BBC News, 19.7.11: IMF says eurozone must act firmly on crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14206455
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