Question:
If Greece goes bankrupt?
Deaf Dave
2012-05-26 01:25:02 UTC
Make food, wine, tavernas, holidays, houses, long rentals, etc. extremely cheap...Leading to millions of UK pensioners moving there to live?

I am thinking of my retirement in 40 years time, I certainly do not want to be working till i die in this country
Seven answers:
Sarah
2012-05-26 02:05:11 UTC
The only thing the DEBT laden societies (their politicians and central banks that love the paper money) have done for last several decades is to kick the can down the Road. One small thing everyone forgot – There is a dead-end somewhere down the road…And there is butcher sitting over there to receive those that are not prepared to meet him at the dead-end.



Those who have their ears on the ground are realizing what is going on…. Unfortunately Six-pack-Joe is sleeping (nothing unusual about it…that is why sheeple get slaughtered when they do). The only question is – how are you prepared to deal with what happens?



Gold and Silver are on Sale again. We should welcome the discounted prices.



Here is how the things are doing these days? Any takers for collapse yet?



Images: Man sets himself on fire outside a Piraeus bank

A man pours a flammable liquid on his body to set himself on fire outside a Piraeus bank branch in Thessaloniki in northern Greece. The 55-year old man had entered the bank and asked for a renegotiation of his overdue loan payments on his home and business, according to police, which he could not pay, but was refused by the bank



What Happens When Nation Goes Bankrupt

When an entire nation goes bust, the pain is felt much deeper: the most basic systems and institutions that people have come to depend on simply disappear. Argentina’s millennial debt crisis is a great example of this… suddenly the power failed, the police stopped working, the gas stations closed, the grocery stores ran out of food, the retirement checks stopped coming, and the banks went under (taking people’s life savings with them). European leaders (with Chinese help) can postpone the endgame for a short time, but they’re really just taking an umbrella into a hurricane. It would be foolish to not expect a Greek default, and it would be even more foolish to not expect significant consequences. The only question is– how are you prepared to deal with what happens?



We’re All Greece – And On Fire

It’s not really very complicated; try using your credit card to maintain a $173,000 lifestyle when you only make $100,000 and see for how long you’re able to do it. It’s inherently a pyramid scheme and inherently must, at some point, end. It must end because eventually you run out of ability to sustain it – you run out of suckers and the pyramid collapses. This always happens because it mathematically must happen. When debt grows faster than output on a compound basis the two curves inevitably run away from one another and must always result in a collapse. This is not a political issue, it is not a left or right issue, it is a function of simple mathematics. This is the truth whether you wish to hear it or not. Whether you wish to face it or not. And until we as a nation and the world as a whole stop playing pyramid games with debt there will be no actual and functional recovery.



Once upon a Time!

Gold is in the process of changing functions in the global economy. And in this transition, “the most visible transformation since it was first used as money,” it will plateau at a new, mind-blowing level before it resumes its proper function. This is happening. It must happen, because bullion bank paper promises cannot function like gold. So be careful what kind of gold you’re holding (physical is what you want), or you might just miss out on the revaluation of the millennium. Gaining a deeper understanding of what is happening, as you can here, here and here, should help those of you that worry about buying gold now because a few analysts, who have no idea what they’re talking about, keep saying this is the top. This is the “top range” prediction I made two years ago



Euro Collapse Could Lead to War

A collapse of Europe’s monetary union would likely lead to a breakup of the European Union as a whole, posing significant risks to the region and even raising the possibility of war in the long term, Poland’s Finance Minister told CNBC late on Thursday



‘World in danger zone’

Robert Zoellick, the World Bank president, warned “the world is in a danger zone” as the economic crisis in the United States, Europe and Japan threatened to ravage the rest of the global economy. “Europe, Japan, and the United States must act to address their big economic problems before they become bigger problems for the rest of the world.”
John W
2012-05-26 02:24:02 UTC
The issue is that with being in the Eurozone, Greece can no longer just print money the way the US and the UK does. Indeed, the way to handle debt was always to print money thereby invoking a type of tax called inflation. Without this freedom to just print money, Greece must ask the 17 country Eurozone for help and so far the help comes with the requirement for austerity. Well the people of Greece are sick and tired of the public services cuts from the austerity measures and want another way out. The Eurozone hasn't figured out how to handle such situations yet though Eurobonds have been proposed, they've outright rejected the requirement for a central Eurozoe budget approval process as no country wants to surrender the ability to define their own budget but that's really what's required with a unified currency.



It's not the same type of bankruptcy that you are thinking off though some things may be inexpensive, it's a matter of civil unrest. There are plenty of places around the world where your money will go far in retirement provided you can provide for your own medical, and you may want to consider being nomadic to avoid being in one country long enough to have to pay income taxes, that can be done easily in the Mediterranean with a sailing yacht. Many Turkish yachts are available at low prices. Besides, the Greece thing will be over within 40 years.
sk
2012-05-26 07:40:20 UTC
Truth is no-one really knows. If anyone claims to, then they somewhat have knowledge beyond the seasoned experts at Russia Today, economists, Bloomberg and those involved in financial markets (really?).



One can only hypothesise the outcome.



From what I have read:



- Greece will leave the Eurozone

- They will have to re-introduce the old currency, the drachma

- They currently have no machines capable of printing bank notes (their only existing machine is in a museum!)

- outsourcing printing of notes will have to be done to a foreign firm. However, foreign firms are likely to ask a huge upfront cost as this will be a huge undertaking.

- the absence of a machine to print notes will likely lead to people having to resort to:

1) barter economy

2) or an economy using mixed notes (i.e. like Cuba)

- now with Greece exiting the EU, and defaulting on its debt, many creditors will suffer huge financial losses (i.e. government bondholders and creditors).

- seeing one country leave the EU might start a contagion, other such countries may wish leave also (think other countries within the EU that are in dire financial circumstances, i.e. Portugal, etc).



Now, when the Euro was formed, I was still in school. However, with my knowledge now, I think it was stupid to form a single currency amongst many member states without a centralised Fiscal and Monetary policy maker.



Good thing the UK did not join...
anonymous
2012-05-27 14:10:44 UTC
It's a Crooks Charade..Intentional "Doom and Gloom"... for Politics..



"To the Victors(Crooks) go the spoils"



What did the Amish say .."what depression"..
bron357
2012-05-26 04:57:24 UTC
Would the last person to leave Greece please turn out the light, well that's if the power hadn't already been cut! Which I think it has.

Poor buggers.
Rob
2012-05-26 02:52:08 UTC
Greece going bankrupt? No

It is already there.

the people will not see it.

any one who can read a

balance sheet can see it.
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2012-05-26 01:26:43 UTC
If??


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