It was feared that a negative ruling would throw global markets into chaos and force Europe's politicians to return to the drawing board to tackle Europe's debt crisis.

CNN: German Constitutional Court backs European rescue fund

Throw out all of the 1960s and early 1970s de rigueur stuff you were force-fed back at Harvard: Samuelson, Okun gaps, interest rate parity, etc.

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