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So Germany is being urged to stand behind the euro by accepting the pooling of sovereign debt and collective action to shore up the banking system.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
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Japan's failure to clean up its banking mess, or to punish those who caused it, partly reflects its system of collective responsibility, under which everybody and nobody is responsible at the same time.
ECONOMIST: Japanese banking
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The Nobel Peace Prize, as much of the world keeps holding its collective breath, fearing that the potential collapse of the Eurozone, exits of member states, region-wide banking crisis, half-steps and dithering by European leaders could drag the global economy deeper into the mud and tear Europe into pieces yet again?
FORBES: Cynics Be Gone; Europe Deserves Its Nobel Peace Prize