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A presentation based on the first part of Till Debt Us Do Part, a new special report for Lombard Street Research by Dr Bob Swarup and Dario Perkins, which looks at the debt restructurings born of reparations that occurred in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, and examines the parallels to Europe today. These are striking: a fixed exchange rate (gold vs euro); a complex web of debt (reparations and inter-allied war debts vs inter-European loans today); an intractable debtor (US vs Germany) that slavishly believed all debts needed to be honoured; and a misplaced belief in crushing austerity as the answer. La plus ça change...]]>

A presentation based on the first part of Till Debt Us Do Part, a new special report for Lombard Street Research by Dr Bob Swarup and Dario Perkins, which looks at the debt restructurings born of reparations that occurred in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, and examines the parallels to Europe today. These are striking: a fixed exchange rate (gold vs euro); a complex web of debt (reparations and inter-allied war debts vs inter-European loans today); an intractable debtor (US vs Germany) that slavishly believed all debts needed to be honoured; and a misplaced belief in crushing austerity as the answer. La plus ça change...]]>
Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:38:52 GMT /slideshow/the-myopia-of-hope-bob-swarup-presentation-feb-2013/16922351 as248@slideshare.net(as248) The Myopia of Hope (Bob Swarup presentation, Feb 2013) as248 A presentation based on the first part of Till Debt Us Do Part, a new special report for Lombard Street Research by Dr Bob Swarup and Dario Perkins, which looks at the debt restructurings born of reparations that occurred in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, and examines the parallels to Europe today. These are striking: a fixed exchange rate (gold vs euro); a complex web of debt (reparations and inter-allied war debts vs inter-European loans today); an intractable debtor (US vs Germany) that slavishly believed all debts needed to be honoured; and a misplaced belief in crushing austerity as the answer. La plus ça change... <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/bobswarupthemyopiaofhopepresentationfeb2013-130304093852-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> A presentation based on the first part of Till Debt Us Do Part, a new special report for Lombard Street Research by Dr Bob Swarup and Dario Perkins, which looks at the debt restructurings born of reparations that occurred in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, and examines the parallels to Europe today. These are striking: a fixed exchange rate (gold vs euro); a complex web of debt (reparations and inter-allied war debts vs inter-European loans today); an intractable debtor (US vs Germany) that slavishly believed all debts needed to be honoured; and a misplaced belief in crushing austerity as the answer. La plus ça change...
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