I haven't been blogging much about Europe because I felt like I was mostly repeating myself. Europe is not an optimal currency zone. It opted for monetary union without the fiscal or labor market integration that make America's sprawling currency zone work. So far, the various governments have failed to mount a really credible coordinated response. I don't see how the thing can hold together, except that Jesus, it will be hell if it all falls apart.
But it's probably worth interrupting your regularly scheduled unemployment-and-kitchen-blogging to point out that it all really seems to be coming to a head:
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