{"id":9772,"date":"2015-07-07T06:59:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T11:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9772"},"modified":"2015-07-07T06:59:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T11:59:01","slug":"there-is-only-one-way-out-for-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=9772","title":{"rendered":"There is Only One Way Out For Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/archives\/34487\" target=\"_blank\">There is Only One Way Out For Greece<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Brussels has been dead wrong. The stupid idea that the euro will bring stability and peace, as it was sold from the outset, has migrated to European domination as if this were \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d. Those in power have misread history, almost at every possible level. The assumption that the D-marks\u2019 strength was a good thing that would transfer to the euro has failed because they failed to comprehend the backdrop to the D-mark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/longbranchnj-depressionscrip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6791 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/495x272xlongbranchnj-depressionscrip.jpg.pagespeed.ic.F7SEcBh54s.jpg\" alt=\"LongBranchNJ-DepressionScrip\" width=\"495\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Germany moved opposite of the USA toward extreme austerity and conservative economics because of its experience with hyperinflation. The USA moved toward stimulation because of the austerity policies that created the Great Depression, which led to a shortage of money, and many cities had to issue their own currency just to function. The federal government thought, like Brussels today, that they had to up the confidence in the bond market and that called for raising taxes and cutting spending at the expense of the people. The same thinking process has played out numerous times throughout history. Our problem is that no one ever asks \u2013<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><i>Hey, did someone try this before? Did it work?<\/i><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>This is why history repeats \u2013 we do<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>ZERO<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>research when it comes to economics. It is all hype and self-interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2015\/07\/1000-drachma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34496\" src=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2015\/07\/1000-drachma.jpg\" alt=\"1000 drachma\" width=\"638\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greece should immediately begin to print drachma. By no means has the introduction of a new currency been a walk in the park. There is always a learning curve, as in the case of East Germany\u2019s adoption of the Deutsche mark, the Czech-Slovak divorce of 1993, and the creation of the euro itself . However, the bulk of transactions today are electronic, meaning we are dealing with an accounting issue more than anything. The euro existed electronically<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><u>BEFORE<\/u><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>it became printed money; Greece should do the same right now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is Only One Way Out For Greece Brussels has been dead wrong. The stupid idea that the euro will bring stability and peace, as it was sold from the outset, has migrated to European domination as if this were \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d. Those in power have misread history, almost at every possible level. 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