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I believe the graphic you link comes from here:

http://www.eudebtwriteoff.com/

That is a site put up by one of the authors of a report exploring the idea that the PIIGS should write off their mutual net balance debt: if I owe you $10, and you owe me $2, then we strike the $2, and I owe you $8 while you owe me $0, reducing loss by friction. That report (pdf) is linked from the site.

I found that site by searching for the filename of the image (EURBEF.png), and looking for a post or article that uses it and cites its source. This is one such post:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/european-sovereign-debt-cant-w...



This is shocking. A simple, error-proof, accounting move with zero side effects... What are we waiting to do this?


Some people make money from friction.


It's way more complex than that. The debt includes private and public institutions, and countries from outside Europe.




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