No Mythology in This Greek Tragedy

Evoking an ominous tale of mythology, the current financial crisis in Greece threatens to undermine the European currency the Euro and more especially rattle global markets and nerves. The lessons of the Greek socialist government's profligate spending, fiscal irresponsibility, and sloppy oversight has turned a crisis in a small European country into a wider challenge affecting all Euroland. Tellingly it provides a cautionary tale for the United States itself.