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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3588 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Open letter to the German readers: That which you were never told about Greece

Not an expert on Greece by a long shot but I've heard the term "kleptocracy" bandied about. My basic understanding is Greece functions on gray markets while their debt is entirely white. So the "we'll enforce debt collection" thing is the appropriate promise to make, but Syriza has less credibility making it than Vincente Fox claiming he'd shut down the Cartels.