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November 28, 2012

Europe's Plan C for Greece No Better than Plans A or B

Bloomberg, Bloomberg

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Europe’s leaders have reached Plan C in their efforts to rescue Greece. Unfortunately, it lacks a crucial element also absent in Plans A and B: adequate debt relief.

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TAGGED: Germany, Eurozone, Europe, Greece

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