The Lessons for Greece’s Economy From 70 Currency Union Breakups
Wallets decorated with euro and US dollar banknote designs hang from a street vendor's store in Athens.
Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
The hardliners in Athens may have a point.
History suggests Greece leaving the euro wouldn’t make catastrophe inevitable, says Adam Slater, lead economist at Oxford Economics Ltd.