It's the Economy, Dummkopf!

With Greece and Ireland in economic shreds, while Portugal, Spain, and perhaps even Italy head south, only one nation can save Europe from financial Armageddon: a highly reluctant Germany. The ironies—like the fact that bankers from Düsseldorf were the ultimate patsies in Wall Street’s con game—pile up quickly as Michael Lewis investigates German attitudes toward money, excrement, and the country’s Nazi past, all of which help explain its peculiar ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Business, Living
Topics: Finance, Money, Germany
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Posted by: Posted by Bob Herrschaft - Aug 9, 2011 - 11:15 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 23, 2011 - 1:12 PM PDT
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by Bob Herrschaft - Aug. 23, 2011

Classic Michael Lewis....insightful with a lot of tongue in cheek humor...part of a series on the European economic crisis.

P erhaps because they were so enamored of the official rules of finance, the Germans proved especially vulnerable to a false idea the rules encouraged: that there is such a ... More »

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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 23, 2011

A bit wordy, but intriguing views on German finance.

A lot of shitty language. ;-)

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