{"id":9484,"date":"2015-06-28T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9484"},"modified":"2015-06-28T06:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T11:30:10","slug":"i-fear-the-greeks-even-when-they-bring-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9484","title":{"rendered":"I Fear The Greeks, Even When They Bring Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Fear The Greeks, Even When They Bring Gifts<\/a><\/h3>\n

Just another normal morning at the Automatic Earth. Shaking off the local drink \u2013 when in Rome.. \u2013 and perusing a thousand views and pieces, many on the inevitable topic of \u2018Da Referendum\u2019. And I got to say, I can\u2019t even tell whether it\u2019s just me, but there is this huge divide between what a simple vote can and should be, and how it is perceived and presented.<\/p>\n

And no, it\u2019s not my ouzo-riddled stupor, it\u2019s what common sense I have left that has me wondering what causes the divide. Case in point, Bloomberg has a piece called \u201cTsipras Asking Grandma to Figure Out If Greek Debt Deal Is Fair\u201d. The implied connotation being that asking grandma about anything other than knitting patterns and souvlaki recipes is asking for trouble. What does she know? Politics should be decided by politicians. Well, and bankers of course. And Bloomberg editors. Did I mention economists?<\/p>\n

Tsipras Asking Grandma to Figure Out If Greek Debt Deal Is Fair<\/a><\/p>\n

Economists with PhDs and hedge-fund traders can barely stay on top of the vagaries of Greece\u2019s spiraling debt crisis. Now, try getting grandma to vote on it. That\u2019s what Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is doing by calling a snap referendum for July 5 on the latest bailout package from creditors.<\/i><\/p>\n

The 68-word ballot question namechecks four international institutions and asks voters for their opinion on two highly technical documents that weren\u2019t made public before the referendum call and were only translated into Greek on Saturday. Worse, they may no longer be on the table. IMF chief Christine Lagarde told the BBC late on Saturday that \u201clegally speaking, the referendum will relate to proposals and arrangements which are no longer valid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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