In the US, debtors routinely get the short end of the stick even when the lender engaged in fraud.
Another perspective on what the Greek electoral results really tell us, and attempts to temper some of the hype following Syriza's victory.
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's Board of Advisers.
