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They still don’t get it

The Eurozone crisis is accelerating dangerously, bringing us to the brink of what would be history’s biggest ever financial rout. The spectre of the 1930s, including competitive devaluations and Eurozone break up, is getting dangerously relevant. This revised column argues that last week’s policy changes are not sufficient. Getting ahead of the crisis will require a guarantee for the entire stock of Eurozone debt – either by the ECB, or via some sort of Eurobond scheme.