tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post3869188963874339994..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Greek Negotiations Begin with a BlastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-87611220712915325022015-01-30T23:21:14.871-05:002015-01-30T23:21:14.871-05:00I will note here also that my pollyanna post has l...I will note here also that my pollyanna post has lost its lustre since this announcement. I do not know if this was a brilliant move or not and whether or not Varoufakis is engaging in game theory or not. It did tank the Greek markets late in the afternoon, which does not strike me as all that great of a sign. But, we shall see, I guess.<br /><br />I can certainly see that they might want to dump the troika. But, negotiating with each individual government and avoiding this Eurogroup that holds 3/4 of the debt as a group looks tricky. OTOH, they do have some possible supporters in there, especially France, who might be willing to cut a deal, even if Germany is adament. I do not know.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-29869634817902865832015-01-30T21:19:48.179-05:002015-01-30T21:19:48.179-05:00So the Greeks refuse the Melian decree. But though...So the Greeks refuse the Melian decree. But though you'd know this much better than I, is Varoufakis a game theorist, or rather na critic of game theory as it is applied in mainstream economics?<br /><br />BTW did you read Daniel Davies screed on this over at CT? (From which I was banned, simply for suggesting that the return to Greek "growth" was simply an artifact of relative rates of deflation, which doesn't help with the debt load). I couldn't construe any grounds for claiming that Greece would now be on a growth path, other than at low rates that are not nearly sufficient to address the "problem".john c. halaszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176419625607679150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-15123460796225882272015-01-30T21:04:36.888-05:002015-01-30T21:04:36.888-05:00The previous crew were patsies.The previous crew were patsies.Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-61176415984486142012015-01-30T21:03:47.173-05:002015-01-30T21:03:47.173-05:00Looks much more like negotiating than capitulating...Looks much more like negotiating than capitulating to me.Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.com