Italy: the even bigger problem for Europe

Spain is naturally the focus of all attention at the moment following the €100 billion bank bailout over the weekend, but the bigger problem for Europe is Italy, and it has been since the euro began.

Like Spain, Italy is now in a fully-fledged debt trap, where economic growth is less than the national cost of capital. Without the ability to devalue, Italy has no hope of turning this around.

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