Greece cries wolf, genuine beast may lurk
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis delivers a speech during an economic conference in Athens, Greece May 19, 2015.
Source: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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Greek ministers are threatening a default on IMF loans. They might be bluffing, like Aesop’s shepherd boy. That scamp found that lying does not pay. The Syriza government may know more about extreme game theory, but it could end up out of the euro zone, or mauled by the ECB.
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