Thus, apart from the direct ethics of suffering, justice and equality, there is another reason to support all reasonable means of poverty reduction: this is the only way to secure the ability of ordinary people to participate in debates about culture within their own communities.

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This puts into question the ability of Greece to secure its next round of bailout money from the EU. The Euro currency and European and U.S. stock markets slumped on the Greek news.

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