After the 11-12 July Greek-End Schäuble has been harshly criticised for putting the possibility of a temporary Grexit on the negotiating table of the Eurogroup. In this piece, published in the LSE EUROPP Blog, I develop a counter-factual argument. I argue that intentionally or otherwise, with his strategy Schäuble has finally killed off the Grexit fairytale told so many times by Krugman, Stiglitz, Sinn, O’Rourke et al. The piece has had quite a success. On the last account it had been shared more than 1.200 times via twitter or Facebook.
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The effects of Grexit: My comments to the International Press
Over the past weeks I was interviewed by several international media outlets about Grexit (the real one and the one proposed by Schäuble) and its potential effects for Europe, Germany and Spain. Here are my comments for Radio France Internationale, Bloomberg, El País, MNI Euro Insight, and The Telegraph…