Greece, a small country with a small GDP and no oil…whose strategic export is olives…and whose last real military victory was the Battle of Jhelum in 326 BC, in which Alexander the Great defeated an Indian Rajah named Porus. […] If they’d let Greece go broke 3 years ago, the problem would be behind us instead of in front of us.
Quelle: Embracing Catastrophe: Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Markets’ Next “Lehman Moment”
Anmerkung am Rande: Alexander der Grosse war Mazedonier.