Greece Will Suffer Less If It Leaves Euro: Megan Greene
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March 12 (Bloomberg) -- The mood on the ground inAthens has shifted palpably over the past few months.Everyone has firsthand stories of sorrow and bitterness totell, as austerity measures bite. They speak of retiredparents on rapidly shrinking pensions struggling to meethigher taxes and prices, or of young siblings with multiplemasters degrees forced to work in call centers or cafes.
Despite this clear sense of despair and anger, thevast majority of Greek citizens and politicians continue tothink that the alternative to austerity -- default and aeuro-area exit -- would be far worse. But this will -- andshould -- change because leaving the euro is the lesserevil for Greece.