Friday, August 17, 2012

Dr. Doom: The Eurozone Is Betting The House To Save The Garage




NYU economist Nouriel Roubini is worried that Europe may be throwing good money after bad as it hooks up peripheral banking systems to ECB life support.

In a new piece on Project Syndicate, Roubini points out that while European leaders are currently busy buying time while they debate the next steps toward banking and fiscal union, the steps they are taking – like backstopping troubled banking systems and sovereign states with bailout monies – are exacerbating imbalances that could make a eurozone breakup very painful down the road…..

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