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Greek"No" supporters celebrate referendum results. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

What now for Greece and the euro?

The media predictions are dire, but the reality of the Greek monetary crisis may be less sensational.
Greece’s gross domestic product, shown here in 2010 constant dollars, has plunged since 2008. RED St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and Hellenic Statistical Authority

Greece, like Wahlberg in The Gambler, just needs a friend — and a new currency

On Sunday, the citizens of Greece voted No on the country’s referendum to accept a package of money in exchange for further austerity measures. Now what? Every armchair economist from Iowa to the Aegean…
Outgoing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he would ‘wear the creditors’ loathing with pride’. Alexandros Vlachos/EPA/AAP

Varoufakis exit is not the game changer the EU needs

Ongoing negotiations between Greece and the troika are likely to prove futile - what’s needed is a complete rethink of EU’s dualistic system.
Many Greeks want to see their country stay in the eurozone, but fear yet another round of crippling austerity measures. Yannis Kolesidis/EPA/AAP

Poison pill? Key events in the history of Greece and the eurozone

Greece’s membership of the eurozone has been problematic from the beginning.

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