25 #Verdades del #EconomistaDelAño #ThomasPiketty

Sobre la Deuda Griega

Salim Lamrani

 

El autor del libro El capital en el siglo XXI denuncia la hipocresía de la troika y del Fondo Monetario Internacional sobre la cuestión de la deuda. [1]

1. En el pasado, las deudas públicas fueron mucho más importantes que la actual deuda de Grecia. Esta se eleva a 312.000 millones de euros y representa el 170% de la producción anual del país. La deuda de Grecia en realidad es irrisoria, pues la economía del país sólo representa el 2% del PIB de la zona euro. Por lo tanto la deuda apenas representa el 3% del PIB de la zona euro y no constituye un peligro para el equilibrio económico de Europa.

2. Las grandes potencias europeas como Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido también tuvieron en el pasado, particularmente en el siglo XIX y el siglo XX, una deuda superior al 200% de su PIB. Cada vez que ocurrió, se encontró una solución.

3. “En el siglo XX, Francia y Alemania son los dos países por excelencia que nunca rembolsaron su deuda pública”.

4. “Hay algo irónico” en exigir a Grecia un rembolso imperativo de su deuda olvidando que “Europa

#Troika #Bandits Want More from #Greece

by Stephen Lendman

The devil in Brussels, Frankfurt and Washington wants its due. Everything gotten so far from Greek self-mutilation isn’t enough. 

Loan sharks of last resort operate this way - by their own rules with no deviations. Who knows how many more pounds of flesh they’ll demand - all they can get until Greece is entirely pillaged and economically destroyed, its people left in greater duress than already, on their own. 

On Monday, talks began in Athens to clear remaining hurdles before Troika officials release any bailout

#Greece’s #Parliament Cannot #Override the #NO #Vote

The Agreement with the Creditors is Illegal

 

 

FIRA, GREECE. On Sunday  July 5, the Greek people voted in a historic referendum to refuse the Troika’s draft agreement. 

The Referendum was an outright  ”ritual of democracy”.  The Greek people were betrayed. On Monday morning, July 6, on the day following the referendum, Prime minister Tsipras put forth a 13 page draft proposal which included most of the demands of the creditors.  This proposal, which was drafted before the referendum in close consultation with the creditors was essentially intended to lead towards the acceptance of the creditors’ demands, namely to support the YES vote which was defeated in the July 5 Referendum.  

This about-turn had been carefully engineered. The Greek people were misled and deceived. PM Tsipras was “in bed with the creditors” while leading the No Campaign. He had made a deal with the