It began in Athens. It is spreading to
Lisbon and
Madrid. But it would be a grave mistake to assume that the
sovereign debt crisis that is unfolding will remain confined to the weaker eurozone economies. For this is more than just a Mediterranean problem with a
farmyard acronym. It is a fiscal crisis of the western world. Its ramifications are far more profound than most investors currently appreciate.
The writer is a contributing editor of the FT and author of ‘The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World‘
http://www.ft.com
It is not only coming to the soon-bankrupt USA: There will be much more hardship soon with a looming Chinese collapse bigger than the Soviet Union's.
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