Everyone knows that economically weak countries often suffer from the increasing burden of debt. (personalmoneyservice.com)
But the mechanics of the euro guarantee escalating tension: The single currency makes the exports of weaker countries artificially expensive (and those of Germany excessively cheap), putting their economies at a crippling disadvantage. (fortune.com)
In a series of stories, Herodotus narrates that a country's great wealth leads to hubris, inevitably resulting in its downfall at the hands of a seemingly weaker country, impoverished yet virtuous. (firstthings.com)