He famously mocked the idea of American exceptionalism, deriding her as indistinct from Britain or Greece.
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The prospect of similar action against Italy, Spain, or Greece is the contagion that worries the markets.
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Unemployment in Slovenia is far lower than in Spain, for example, or Greece.
Germans have shorter hours of work than Britain or the US (or Greece).
Imagine the increase in our cost of finance if we paid the same rate as Spain or Italy (three times as high) or Greece (double digits).
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Mr Clegg suggested that had the coalition not happened - "the sensible, grown-up thing to do" - Britain would have faced a similar situation to Ireland or Greece.
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Keep that up for another ten years and Chile will have reached the level of income per head enjoyed today by countries such as Portugal or Greece, he adds.
It's no accident that Ireland, with its 12.5% corporate tax rate that has attracted export businesses, is climbing out of its debt hole faster than are Portugal, Spain or Greece.
Or Greece might decide to quit the eurozone, so that the exchange rate would be able to fall to a level that would allow the Greek private sector to compete.
In the U.S., our own unemployment rate, while still half of that in Spain or Greece, is unlikely to fall while growth in the U.S. remains anemic and policymaking impotent.
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But to be fair to both sides, I also question the wisdom of the idea that the current pullback in stocks is a sign that market players are concerned about the economy (or Greece, China, etc.).
The Irish were already at odds with Fifa over the late decision to seed the play-offs, which meant they could only be drawn against France, Portugal, Russia or Greece, rather than fellow second-place qualifiers Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia or Ukraine.
These are just examples, but whether you book through a travel agent, an airline, or online chances are if you are headed to Spain or Greece you are going to find better deals than any time in the recent past.
The fixed nature of the euro, as far as an Italy, Spain or Greece is concerned, was and is also a block on the historic way these countries ran unsustainable deficits, because in the old days deficits would be inflated away in real terms by the devaluation of their currencies.
The euro may want Greece, but whether or not Greece wants the euro depends on its government.
Meanwhile other Greek cities had established colonies around the western shores of the Mediterranean, the densest region of settlement being in southern Italy and Sicily, which became known as Magna Graecia, or Great Greece.
Or that Greece might possibly leave the Euro-zone?
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So, it hardly benefits the Portuguese government, or the governments of Greece, Belgium or Italy to chain themselves to a fiscal policy of higher taxes when what they need is more economic growth.
German Finance Minister Schaeuble immediately responded that granting Greece more time or money will not help Greece overcome its problems.
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There was a real risk of its financial situation going the way of Greece or Ireland.
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If this were Greece or Ireland the government would be forced to cut back.
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The finances of Germany and America look better than those of Greece or Spain.
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And unfortunately for short-sellers, there are no Greece or Portugal-specific ETFs out there.
We do not believe major policy shifts, potentially by Greece or France, are currently discounted sufficiently in market prices.
The biggest threat is that some event sparks a run on the banks - in either Greece or Spain.
Whether in Greece or in the U.S., the impact of government policies shows up first and fastest in total employment.
If debtor countries like Greece or Spain default, that just means they are richer and creditors like Germany are poorer.
The problem is that public opinion - particularly in Germany - has hardened against further aid for Greece or elsewhere.
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