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...struggling immensely to pay the bills and teetering on the edge of financial collapse, is a prime example of this, as a Greek default could create a dangerous run on the Euro, which would negatively affect all of Europe because of the united monetary policy. And Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Italy unfortunately are not far behind when it comes to rapidly approaching fiscal crises...
...what ways do you believe growing up in Ireland and being Irish have influenced the content and style of your writing...
...You’ve lived in both the United States and Ireland. What would you say are some of the biggest differences between...
...Ireland is the past; America is the future. I mean, I still think of America as the last great hope. I’m a great admirer of America, you know, for all its faults. I get furious at Europe and the easy criticisms of America that Europeans constantly make. Mostly I think because I’ve been there. And of course the people who haven’t been to America know the most about it, as you know, I’m sure...
Three other nations on the fringe of the euro zone--Portugal, Ireland and Spain--are caught in the undertow of Greece's crisis. All three have displayed better fiscal behavior than Greece, but they suffer from the same disconnect between their dire local economic conditions and the monetary policymakers in Frankfurt with other things on their minds. Meanwhile, a core euro-zone country, Italy, has also fallen out of favor with investors because of its high government debt. In a sure sign that these troubles are serious, market analysts have assigned them a catchy acronym: PIGS, for Portugal, Ireland, Greece...