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March 19, 2013

Yes, Cyprus Is Different

Marc Champion, Bloomberg

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One lesson from the Cyprus bailout debacle is that it really is different. Not so much because its economic case is unique, but because Cyprus’s fellow European Union members see it as an outlier.

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