Krugman's explanation of the idiotic Syriza leader:
"Tsipras apparently allowed himself to be convinced, some time ago, that euro exit was completely impossible. It appears that Syriza didn’t even do any contingency planning for a parallel currency (I hope to find out that this is wrong). This left him in a hopeless bargaining position. I’m even hearing from people who should know that Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is right, that he hoped to lose the referendum, to give an excuse for capitulation."
It was a bluff all along!
Gone are the days of wily Greek leaders.
The Greeks themselves have balls. Their political culture is hopeless.
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