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On Cyprus and the European Crisis

It has been non-stop Cyprus for the past couple of days this weekend. And it has brought back the bad ol' days when every weekend seemed to be another episode in endless crisis. To wit, this episode in Cyprus demonstrates how misplaced the…

The Cyprus Bank Deposit Bail-in

This morning we learned that after hours of tense negotiation, Europe has hammered out a 10bn euro "bailout" of Cyprus. I put the term bailout in quotes because the key feature of this deal is the bail-in of Cypriot depositors to the tune…

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