Should Germany Be Forced Out of the European Union? | 40 comments (40 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Should Germany Be Forced Out of the ? (4.00 / 3)

What you need is import substitution. The periphery's dependence on imported hydrocarbons is going to weigh on the economy like a stone. And manufacturing is not the biggest culprit here, but the dependence on road transport.

There are three stories about the euro crisis: the Republican story, the German story, and the truth. -- Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 10th, 2012 at 04:21:06 AM EST
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Re: Should Germany Be Forced Out of the ? (4.00 / 5)

Yet another case of neo-lib malaise.

In Portugal, as a "cost saving" measure public transport is being dismantled. Trains, but also buses.

The collectivist thing of public transport... it not modern, it is not individual. Trains are seen as an "expensive" anachronism from the past. The future, you see, is cars, cars cars.

Despair

by cagatacos on Tue Apr 10th, 2012 at 06:52:03 AM EST
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Re: Should Germany Be Forced Out of the ? (4.00 / 5)

And putting luxury taxes on fancy cars is not allowed.

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by A swedish kind of death on Tue Apr 10th, 2012 at 07:05:16 AM EST
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Re: Should Germany Be Forced Out of the ? (none / 0)

Of course not, that's against the single market.

There are three stories about the euro crisis: the Republican story, the German story, and the truth. -- Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 10th, 2012 at 07:10:23 AM EST
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Should Germany Be Forced Out of the European Union? | 40 comments (40 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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