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Greece's best chance of escaping economic misery was a 'Grexit'

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageGreek demonstrators protested as its government voted to accept the latest austerity conditions. Greece would have been better off exiting the Eurozone.AAP/New Zulu/Gael Michaud

Greece has a bad reputation. In default on its debts for half of the modern era. A dysfunctional economy, with a leaky tax system and retirement for the young. The...

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