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Fri 03 Mar 2010Speculators not the problem - Greece is in a miserable state
European leaders have denounced speculators for fuelling economic woes, but the evidence suggests other factors are responsible, writes Proinsias O’Mahony
HAVE SPECULATORS driven up the cost of debt in Greece and other troubled European states through the use of opaque financial derivatives? Politicians certainly appear to think so.
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