On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:01 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> Michael Lewis had a long article in Vanity Fair that argued Greece's problems stemmed from the universal refusal to pay taxes and an actually bloated govt payroll. Public employees making 3X private incomes.
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> I have no idea of any of this is true. Anyone out there have reliable info about the situation in Greece?
I interviewed Yanis Varoufakis after that Michael Lewis piece came out. He said some of it's true, some isn't.
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S100909
Lewis is really good at that sort of thing, even if a bit sloppy and caricatured. His piece on Ireland in the latest VF is very funny, though, like Greece, about a sad topic.