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2012-01-31 20:40:10
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#6233
http://demonocracy.info/infographics/eu/debt_piigs/debt...

Imagine 6+ miles of tractor-trailers full of 100 Euro notes. That's what the PIIGS have borrowed.

Imagine 16.59 miles of tractor-trailers full of 100 Euro notes. That's what the citizens of the PIIGS* have borrowed.

That second one is a line of trucks from the top of the DC beltway to just past Rt. 100.

*Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain
Don't make me release the flying monkeys!
Posted by: Micro
2012-02-01 07:00:11
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And the next question is, how to best short the PIIGS and/or the Euro?
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Posted by: buffalo