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/Bloomberg
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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.