The Euro debt death spiral – how did we get into this mess?

The Euro debt death spiral – how did we get into this mess? The problem is lotsa European banks own Greek debt. Why did the fool banks buy the debt of a country whose main product seems to be public employees? It all comes down to “governments like banks to buy their debt.”

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