In this article in Der Spiegel, Wolfgang Münchau, associate editor of the Financial Times, compares the situation after the general election in Greece with Weimar Germany in 1930. Paul Krugman echoed Münchau’s comments in the New York Times a while later. Since 2008, Weimar has been a staple in the analysis of the financial crisis, as a symbol for political and economic crises and a touchstone for commentators of all camps.
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Jochen Hung (May 9, 2012). Weimar as Symbol for Crisis. Weimar Studies Network. Retrieved January 14, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/vbjy