Economist: Is This the End?

By Paul Kedrosky · November 24, 2011 · ·

Stark new Economist cover on the fireball that is the Euro zone.

… the threat of a disaster does not always stop it from happening. The chances of the euro zone being smashed apart have risen alarmingly, thanks to financial panic, a rapidly weakening economic outlook and pigheaded brinkmanship. The odds of a safe landing are dwindling fast.

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Comments

  1. @1leone says:
    November 24, 2011 at 11:59 am

    Can we take this as a contrary indicator then? I'm not sure if the economist qualifies as a 'cover indicator' per Barry Ritholtz

  2. anon says:
    November 24, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    "Time magazine" is a contrary indicator. The Economist is right more often than not: http://www.economist.com/node/4079027

  3. anon says:
    November 24, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    And the cover from that 2005 issue: http://www.economist.com/printedition/2005-06-18-…

  4. @PonyBoy148 says:
    November 26, 2011 at 7:15 pm

    Leave it to economist to sensationalize a topic… Eur goes no where although it'll be a smaller, leaner eu..periphery should have never been let into the union in the first place..don't get me wrong though..I'm short the eur!!