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    Erin Go Broke

    Global awareness about Cowens naivety

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/op...gman.html?_r=2

    And the lesson of Ireland is that you really, really don’t want to put yourself in a position where you have to punish your economy in order to save your banks
    Straight from the mouth of a Nobel Economics prize winner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cavok View Post
    Global awareness about Cowens naivety

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/op...gman.html?_r=2



    Straight from the mouth of a Nobel Economics prize winner.
    QUOTE And the lesson of Ireland is that you really, really don’t want to put yourself in a position where you have to punish your economy in order to save your banks

    We have all been advocating that and we didn't need the capabilities of a Nobel Economics prize winner to come to that conclusion, nevertheless his statements are welcome

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    already a thread running on this article: http://www.politics.ie/economy/61830...-go-broke.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by perprojustice View Post
    QUOTE And the lesson of Ireland is that you really, really don’t want to put yourself in a position where you have to punish your economy in order to save your banks

    We have all been advocating that and we didn't need the capabilities of a Nobel Economics prize winner to come to that conclusion, nevertheless his statements are welcome
    you have been advocating what?
    The destruction of the economy so as to save the banks?

    Perhaps you can clarify your point.

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