Grandios !-- In Forbes ! --
Unfaßbare Zahlen, die die Weltmärkte offensichtlich glattweg ignorieren, einfach nicht mehr nachvollziehbar......
"Uncle Sam should declare bankruptcy. The government faces debts and unfunded liabilities on the order of $211 trillion, according to economist Laurence Kotlikoff. That’s about 15 times America’s official national debt—and GDP. Yet the Obama administration continues to lecture the rest of the world on how to get its economic house in order. ![]()
Europe’s total debt to GDP is around 80%, but several nations have more serious problems. As of last year Greece’s ratio hit 143%. Italy’s was 119%. The debt ratios for Belgium, Ireland, and Portugal all exceeded 90%. Other countries like Great Britain are making painful budget cuts to avoid their own debt crises.
There are no easy answers. Nor are there any painless ones. Who should pay for whom? Who should have political authority over whom? Certainly the U.S. has no answers..."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/do…ectures-europe-on-debt/2/
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Edel