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I wish there was a really good source for analysis on the Greek situation that ignored value judgements of what "should" happen.

I wish there was a really good source for analysis on the Greek situation that ignored value judgements of what "should" happen. To me it appears that Varoufakis is the Bobby Fischer of economics at the moment[1]. Of course he had a plan to keep the Greek economy (somewhat) alive if Grexit occurred. It would astonish me if some details of the plan hadn't been leaked to the EU - the Greeks would want them to know about it. Varoufakis's resignation/sacking was beautifully timed to setup the idea that the Greeks would make some concessions, but couldn't be pushed much further. And the purpose of this latest thing isn't to protect Varoufakis against treason charges, it it to drive a bigger wedge between Germany and France before August 20. (As an aside, Varoufakis used to be Valve's staff economist, and he's a published game theorist. He's pretty good a playing slight differences in motivations against each other) [1] http://genius.com/3889915

Posted by nl on Jul 27, 2015, 4:21 AM

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I wish there was a really good source for analysis on the Greek situation that ignored value judgements of what "should" happen.

nlJul 27, 2015, 4:21 AM

I wish there was a really good source for analysis on the Greek situation that ignored value judgements of what "should" happen. To me it appears that Varoufakis is the Bobby Fischer of economics at the moment[1]. Of course he had a plan to keep the Greek economy (somewhat) alive if Grexit occurred. It would astonish me if some details of the plan hadn't been leaked to the EU - the Greeks would want them to know about it. Varoufakis's resignation/sacking was beautifully timed to setup the idea that the Greeks would make some concessions, but couldn't be pushed much further. And the purpose of this latest thing isn't to protect Varoufakis against treason charges, it it to drive a bigger wedge between Germany and France before August 20. (As an aside, Varoufakis used to be Valve's staff economist, and he's a published game theorist. He's pretty good a playing slight differences in motivations against each other) [1] http://genius.com/3889915

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