Soros says the EU's problem is not greece or spain

[loza]

by borrowing like mad. It is Germany for not printing enough Euro and spend like crazy (like us...).

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Soros...4.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=

 

[Martinghoul]

That's not what he's saying... His point is that the situation in the Eurozone was caused by intra-union imbalances. Germany's budget policies are exacerbating these imbalances, instead of helping matters. This is an argument that's been made by other commentators, such as Martin Wolf, who coined the term "Chermany".

 

[ASusilovic]

Quote from loza:

by borrowing like mad. It is Germany for not printing enough Euro and spend like crazy (like us...).

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Soros...4.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=

Did you know that he is making investment decisions based on his pain in the back he is suffering from for years ?

 

[ASusilovic]

Quote from Martinghoul:

That's not what he's saying... His point is that the situation in the Eurozone was caused by intra-union imbalances. Germany's budget policies are exacerbating these imbalances, instead of helping matters. This is an argument that's been made by other commentators, such as Martin Wolf, who coined the term "Chermany".

Intra-union imbalances that have been known before the implementation of the EURO. Large differences in productivity between Euro member states have not been a secret. The current crisis is just bringing these well known imbalances to the surface...

 

[Martinghoul]

Quote from ASusilovic:
Intra-union imbalances that have been known before the implementation of the EURO. Large differences in productivity between Euro member states have not been a secret. The current crisis is just bringing these well known imbalances to the surface...

That's right... The current crisis is just making it extremely clear that imbalances of this sort are not consistent with a common ccy. So they either they re-balance or go their separate ways, it's as simple as that.

 

[risktaker]

How would they pull off a "re-balance"?

Quote from Martinghoul:

That's right... The current crisis is just making it extremely clear that imbalances of this sort are not consistent with a common ccy. So they either they re-balance or go their separate ways, it's as simple as that.

 

[Martinghoul]

Quote from risktaker:
How would they pull off a "re-balance"?

It's a difficult thing to do indeed with a common ccy (look at the US states with all of their transfers; and they've been a single-ccy area for more than a century). The basic idea is for Germans to foster an increase in domestic demand, while the Club Med folks go through severe wage deflation.

 

[loza]

In nature the ants eat the grasshopper for lunch, in EU utopia they supposed to work extra hard to support their lifestyle...
Aesop had it right....

 

[Arthur Deco]

Anything Soros says is suspect. Every word out of his mouth is self-serving. You probably cannot even believe the opposite of what he says.

 

[jem]

Quote from Arthur Deco:

Anything Soros says is suspect. Every word out of his mouth is self-serving. You probably cannot even believe the opposite of what he says.

that is exactly right..

How does he go from socialist asshole funding moveon to impartial commentator - defender of free markets. The only conclusion is that the guy is talking his book.