... , and the other countries cannot keep pace with them ("Greece on Fire" para. 3). Also when Greece was on the drachma, which was their old currency, they were more appealing to other countries when trading. That is because the drachma usually was less then the euro and made getting exports from Greece instead of other counties that are in the European ... drawbacks to this solution. The first would Greece can not completely redenominated the euro considering that would alter the entire European Union. Now say if they were still on the drachma they would be able to do such a thing. The sec...

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... back other debt is a method that will delay, but not stop, a default, unless Greece finds a very quick solution to generating more revenue which is unlikely. If Greece still had the Drachma, it would be able to print money in an attempt to pay off debt, but this is not an option under the Euro. Also, Stergios Skaperdas, an economics professor from ... ...

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