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The global economy and the euro area, in particular, face serious challenges in the years ahead. Throughout the year 2010, politicians and financial investors were mainly concerned with the question of whether Greece and other ‘deficit countries’ should be ‘rescued’ by the other, seemingly more ‘financially responsible’ EMU countries in case of solvency problems.
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Brecht, M., Tober, S., van Treeck, T., Truger, A. (2012). Squaring the Circle in Euro Land? Some Remarks on the Stability Programmes 2010–13. In: Papadimitriou, D.B., Zezza, G. (eds) Contributions in Stock-flow Modeling. Levy Institute Advanced Research in Economic Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367357_15
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