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Ambedkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Malthus" title="Thomas Malthus">Thomas Malthus</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Economics" title="Template:Economics">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Economics" title="Template talk:Economics">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Economics&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Other <a href="/wiki/Transubstantiation" title="Transubstantiation">transubstantiation</a> candidates welcome.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—<i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Greece-baiting</b>" was a term coined in early 2012 in a bit of an incoherent screed in <a href="/wiki/Anarchist" class="mw-redirect" title="Anarchist">anarchist</a> newspaper <i>Freedom Press</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> but (naturally) certain "thought-leaders" on the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/Reappropriation" title="Reappropriation"> reappropriated</a> the concept to address a common<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> trend of <a href="/wiki/Right-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-wing">right-wing</a> argumentation during the <b><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> sovereign debt crisis</b>: such incisive analysts claim that all <a href="/wiki/Welfare_state" title="Welfare state">welfare states</a> (even those offering the bare minimum) are on a <a href="/wiki/Slippery_slope" title="Slippery slope">slippery slope</a> to <a href="/wiki/Greece#2010_currency_crisis" title="Greece"> Greece</a>, often until <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_nauseam" title="Argumentum ad nauseam">one is blue in the face</a>. Greece-baiting is another in a line of <a href="/wiki/Association_fallacy#Baiting" title="Association fallacy">association fallacies</a>, and closely related to general <a href="/wiki/Anti-Europeanism" title="Anti-Europeanism">anti-Europeanism</a>. </p><p>Greek-baiting was rampant in the wait-up to the <a href="/wiki/2012_U.S._Presidential_Election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 U.S. Presidential Election">2012 U.S. Presidential Election</a>, as the events across the Atlantic had a considerable effect on economic recovery in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[note 1]</a></sup> If you've observed <a href="/wiki/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> politicians declare <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s policies an attempt to create a <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich"> "European socialist state"</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney"> "European entitlement society"</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a></sup> or hear country/province/city X be called "the Next Greece",<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a></sup> you've likely been hit with an example. The term was also abused by <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea Party">Tea Partiers</a> as an excuse for shutting down the <a href="/wiki/US" class="mw-redirect" title="US">US</a> government in 2013 to prevent raising the <a href="/wiki/Debt_ceiling" class="mw-redirect" title="Debt ceiling">debt ceiling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a></sup> Though it doesn't have to be for any implicit political gain.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a></sup> </p><p>Indeed, Greece obviously committed the <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a> of years of unsustainable government spending (debatably <a href="/wiki/Keynes#Economic_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Keynes"> Keynesian</a>, but no one knows what it even stands for at this point) that contributed to the shitstorm it's in, but the <a href="/wiki/EU" class="mw-redirect" title="EU">EU</a>'s single <a href="/wiki/Currency" class="mw-redirect" title="Currency">currency</a> does not necessarily mean homogenous <a href="/wiki/Business" class="mw-redirect" title="Business">business</a> models; the eurozone is more diverse than you might think.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[note 2]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Inconvenient_truths"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Inconvenient truths</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Raging_welfare_queens.21"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Raging welfare queens!</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Goldman.27s_back"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Goldman's back</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Spain_and_Ireland"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Spain and Ireland</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Germany_itself"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Germany itself</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Ignoring_the_Nordics"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Ignoring the Nordics</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#At_the_heart_of_the_crisis:_the_issue_of_monetary_sovereignty"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">At the heart of the crisis: the issue of monetary sovereignty</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#PIIGS_corollaries"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">PII<s>G</s>S corollaries</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#In_fairness"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">In fairness</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Inconvenient_truths">Inconvenient truths</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Inconvenient truths">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span id="Raging_welfare_queens!"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Raging_welfare_queens.21">Raging welfare queens!</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Raging welfare queens!">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Ratio_d%C3%A9penses_publiques_et_PIB.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Ratio_d%C3%A9penses_publiques_et_PIB.png/300px-Ratio_d%C3%A9penses_publiques_et_PIB.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="317" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Ratio_d%C3%A9penses_publiques_et_PIB.png 1.5x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="475" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Ratio_d%C3%A9penses_publiques_et_PIB.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>National spending in Europe. Darker the colour, bigger percentage of domestic product. Where's <s>Waldo</s> the <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">P</a><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">I</a><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">I</a><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">G</a><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">S</a>? (hint: lightest is <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>)</div></div></div> <p>The euro crisis has frequently been described as a battle between the <a href="/wiki/Work_ethic" title="Work ethic">work ethics</a> of Southern Europe and its northern neighbours,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a></sup> pointing to the latter's higher <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a> growth, productivity levels, and retirement ages,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[23]</a></sup> among other factors. It seems to be the smoking gun on blatant <a href="/wiki/Benefit_scrounger" title="Benefit scrounger">benefit scrounging</a>, yet <a href="/wiki/Statistics" title="Statistics">statistics</a> paint a more complex picture — Greeks are working the most hours in the entire continent.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a></sup> </p><p>There's also a serious prevalence of <a href="/wiki/Tax_protester" title="Tax protester">tax evasion</a> in the country; its tax burden is almost dead-last in the European Union (31% of GDP in 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a></sup> only a few points away from <a href="/wiki/Canuckistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Canuckistan">Canuckistan</a> and some <a href="/wiki/US" class="mw-redirect" title="US">other random landmass</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[26]</a></sup>). Doesn't exactly scream "high tax, low growth." Even Greece's social expedentures are historically mediocre, barely over the OECD average and handily beaten by <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[27]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Goldman's_back"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Goldman.27s_back">Goldman's back</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Goldman's back">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Considerable debate continues over how much investment firms actually influenced the whole crisis to its climax. It is a well-known fact that <a href="/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs">Goldman Sachs</a> and other banks were paid off by Greek governments in the beginning of the millennium to hide their <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bernanke#Conspiracy_theories_and_other_bullshit" title="Ben Bernanke">moneycopter spree</a> as they were accepted into the monetary union, using the <i>same</i> derivative scamming that <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Recession">screwed over the States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[note 3]</a></sup> </p><p>This was a clear middle finger to the Maastricht Treaty (requiring all members to maintain no more than a 3% yearly deficit and 60% gross government debt<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[29]</a></sup>) and if such an act of stupidity was found in time, the Hellenic Republic would have been forced to stick with the drachma...and the Great Recession could have already been a thing of the past. Oh well. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Spain_and_Ireland">Spain and Ireland</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spain and Ireland">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The Spanish and Irish economies are unique in the <s><a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">GIPSI</a></s> <s>GIIPS</s> <i>PIIGS</i> in that their entry into this mess wasn't particularly caused by profligate borrowing,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[30]</a></sup> but in a similar matter to the US, via the <a href="/wiki/Boom_and_bust" title="Boom and bust">bursting</a> of a housing bubble.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[31]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[32]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Germany_itself">Germany itself</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Germany itself">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The standard-bearer of the euro is <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Social_market_economy" title="Social market economy">social market</a> in its own right, with its labour force working double-time so the <a href="/wiki/Beer" title="Beer">beer</a> you're drinking right now isn't <a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">double the price</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[33]</a></sup> Unemployment levels are the best since <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> reunification, trade surpluses are up, and there's no sign of it stopping.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[34]</a></sup> </p><p>However, Germany (along with <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>) has faced claims of <a href="/wiki/Hypocrisy" title="Hypocrisy">hypocrisy</a> for being the first to violate the Maastricht criteria after the €'s full adoption in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[35]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[36]</a></sup> </p><p><s>Idiotic</s> Hilarious North American commentators have claimed that Germany will from now on take the lead in European politics or a new <a href="/wiki/Golden_age" title="Golden age">golden age</a> for Germany has come<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[37]</a></sup> (showcasing their complete incompetence concerning European treaties, Germany or economics), a notion that has been dismissed by many German politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[38]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Conservapedia" title="Conservapedia">More inane Christian fundametalists</a> believe that the only reason why Germany is on top of the crisis is because of the "<a href="/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic" title="Protestant work ethic">Protestant work ethic</a>" — forgetting that Germany is currently split between <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protestant" title="Protestant">Protestantism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. </p> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png/250px-Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png/375px-Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png/500px-Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png 2x" data-file-width="974" data-file-height="640" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Supranational_European_Bodies-en.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Can't understand this? Try <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom#The_briefest_possible_history_of_the_UK" title="United Kingdom">UK geopolitics</a>.</div></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ignoring_the_Nordics">Ignoring the Nordics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ignoring the Nordics">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>No discussion on the eurozone should leave out what the hell is going on in <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a>. Contrary to the insistence of <i><a href="/wiki/Laissez-faire" title="Laissez-faire">laissez-faire</a></i> economists on the <a href="/wiki/Nordic_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Nordic model">Nordic Model</a>'s collapse, it has survived the turmoil relatively unscathed.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[39]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[40]</a></sup> Although the region has accepted <a href="/wiki/Free_trade" title="Free trade">free trade</a> and various <a href="/wiki/Deregulation" title="Deregulation">deregulations</a> since the 1990s, tax rates, <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">unionization</a> rates and public sectors are still the largest in the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>, as well as consistent balanced budgets.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[42]</a></sup> </p><p>The Swedes, Finns, Danes et al. can too give us an insight on the very inefficiencies of the EU. While the Scandinavian peninsula shares a common interest for a mixed economy, relationships with the euro area vary vastly; <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> takes a <a href="/wiki/Eurosceptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurosceptic">eurosceptic</a> position and sticks with pre-existing trade agreements, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> are Union members but have opted out of anything else (however, the Danish currency is voluntarily, unilaterally paired with the euro), and <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> has done the most, replacing its markka with the legal tender.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[43]</a></sup> </p><p>And of course, there's <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> which actually strengthened its welfare state while recovering from its own debt problem. Naturally, it is <a href="/wiki/Confirmation_bias" title="Confirmation bias">conveniently forgotten</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="At_the_heart_of_the_crisis:_the_issue_of_monetary_sovereignty">At the heart of the crisis: the issue of monetary sovereignty</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: At the heart of the crisis: the issue of monetary sovereignty">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>A glaring difference between Greece and a number of countries it has been compared to is that the Greeks are <i>not</i> monetarily sovereign, that is, have full control of a fiat currency. As with its eurozone counterparts, it cannot devalue the € to pay off its debt, ceding that ability to the European Central Bank. The ECB, at the same time, has been unable to reciprocate with adequate <a href="/wiki/Monetary_policy" title="Monetary policy">monetary policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[44]</a></sup> Most (i.e. Britain<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[45]</a></sup> and the US<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[note 4]</a></sup>) have their debt denominated in their own <s>pounds</s> dollars, meaning they can "purchase" their debt for as long as it wants to until the currency is inflated into oblivion.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[46]</a></sup> It's one of the reasons why <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Monetarism" title="Monetarism">Lost Decade</a> didn't cause the country to default, despite printing out more cash than Greece. </p><p>Which brings us full circle: what happens next? Presuming austerity measures aren't a panacea, there's really only two ways to go:<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[47]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Accelerate economic integration within the EU to promote growth, and make the ECB act like the <a href="/wiki/Central_bank" title="Central bank">central bank</a> it was <i>supposed</i> to be in the first place; or</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandemic" title="Pandemic">Shut. Down. Everything</a>. (kick the PIIGS out, ultimately risking a full-scale breakup of the euro)</li></ul> <p>Since the second didn't happen, the logical conclusion is a big one — a commitment to fiscal federalism in the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[48]</a></sup> This will likely lead to numerous unintended consequences in the sociopolitical realm, mostly <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">national sovereignty</a> stuff.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">[note 5]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="PIIGS_corollaries">PII<s>G</s>S corollaries</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: PIIGS corollaries">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>As the worst offenders of the crisis proceed to receive their bailout funding, there's a <s>good chance versions of the neologism could emerge for each nation</s> Never mind.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[49]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">[50]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">[51]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[52]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="In_fairness">In fairness</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: In fairness">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In an age of <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>-style stimulus and worrying outlooks on fiscal health, legitimate allusions to Greece's situation can probably be made, in the proper context. Just don't make it <i>the next</i> <a href="/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Godwin's Law">Godwin's Law</a>, for fuck's sake. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Straw_man" title="Straw man">Straw man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escape_hatch" title="Escape hatch">Escape hatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red-baiting" title="Red-baiting">Red-baiting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fear-mongering" class="mw-redirect" title="Fear-mongering">Fear-mongering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Klein#The_Shock_Doctrine" title="Naomi Klein">Naomi Klein</a>: Yes, <a href="/wiki/Moonbat" title="Moonbat">moonbats</a> do it too.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> – A more modern scapegoat for this kind of argument, mixed with <a href="/wiki/Red-baiting" title="Red-baiting">red-baiting</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/business/global/in-euro-crisis-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">In Euro Crisis, Fingers Can Point in All Directions</a>, <i>The New York Times</i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dangardner.ca/articles/item/309-europe-isnt-a-caricature">Europe isn't a Caricature</a>, Dan Gardner</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">That's <a href="/wiki/Globalization" title="Globalization">globalization</a> for you.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">For now.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whether which was worse is a matter of conjecture as well. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/16/the-greek-derivatives-arent-goldmans-fault/">Felix Salmon for the "pro-Goldman" side</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-06/goldman-secret-greece-loan-shows-two-sinners-as-client-unravels.html">these guys for the "pro-government" side.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-49">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wait, so the <a href="/wiki/Amero" title="Amero">Amero</a> isn't real?!!1!</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-53">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Remember that (historically) Europe isn't the most <a href="/wiki/WWI" class="mw-redirect" title="WWI">peaceful place</a> <a href="/wiki/WWII" class="mw-redirect" title="WWII">in the world</a>, so it's quite an imperative to solve this as quickly as possible.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece-baiting&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/03/new-greece">The new Greece is...ID parade</a>, <i>The Economist</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2012/01/491503.html?c=on#c278331">"Dire Lessons From the Eurozone"</a> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historum.com/general-history/41215-anti-hellenism-why-when-how-10.html">"The situation in Greece is alarming, and the situation in all of Europe is alarming, but still the more alarming fact is that most people in Europe cannot still overcome their vanity and admit that Euro has failed, European economies except Germany are stagna—"</a> We're going to cut you off right there.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18327639">'Europe' is officially a dirty word in America</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/18/republicans-address-obama_n_1286569.html">Republicans: Obama's Budget Proposal Will Put America On 'A Roadmap To Greece'</a>, <i>The Huffington Post</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/muniland/2012/03/08/puerto-rico-is-americas-greece/">Puerto Rico is America’s Greece</a>, Reuters</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/05/21/f-rfa-boag-california-greece.html">'America's Greece,' California dreams of raising taxes</a>, CBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2010/10/19/philadelphia-is-the-next-greece/">Philadelphia Is the Next Greece</a>, <i>Phillymag</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/niall-ferguson-us-finances-are-not-much-better-than-those-of-greece-2010-2">Niall Ferguson: The Next Greece? It's The US!</a>, <i>Business Insider</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/may/05/simon-wolfson-next-uk-greece">UK could become the next Greece, warns Next chief executive</a>, <i>The Guardian</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://metronews.ca/voices/ford-for-toronto/1069987/ontario-is-not-greece-or-detroit-or-inevitably-on-the-road-to-fiscal-ruin/">Ontario is not Greece or Detroit</a>, <i>Metro News</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/contributor-columns/column-duhaime-greece-and-quebec-more-alike-than-you-think/">Greece and Quebec: More alike than you think!</a>, <i>Toronto Sun</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/joe_hockey_this_budget_will_hurt_its_that_or_its_greece/">Joe Hockey: this Budget will hurt. It’s that or it's Greece</a>, <i>Herald Sun</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOHFgR-G-w4">Croatia - the Next Greece</a>, Adriatic Institute</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://live.wsj.com/video/28792DD6-5C44-4B5C-BE19-75F605044244.html#!28792DD6-5C44-4B5C-BE19-75F605044244">Is Hungary the Next Greece?</a>, <i>Wall Street Journal</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2012/05/17/india-shining-or-the-greece-of-asia/">“India Shining”? Or the Greece of Asia?</a>, <i>The American Interest</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles/02/27/2012/japan-next-greece">Is Japan the Next Greece?</a>, TheStreet</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000074895">Is China the New Greece?</a>, CNBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2011/07/13/Tea-Party-on-Debt-Ceiling-Quit-Believing-Obama">Tea Party on Debt Ceiling: ‘Quit Believing Obama’</a>, <i>The Fiscal Times</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://prospect.org/article/gops-dangerous-debt-ceiling-threat">"It may be necessary to partially shut down the government in order to secure the long-term fiscal well being of our country, rather than plod along the path of Greece, Italy and Spain."</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404577478623021470082.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">Football taunting!</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203501304577088221198128632.html">Myth and Reality About the Euro Crisis</a>, <i>WSJ</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/german-chancellor-on-the-offensive-merkel-blasts-greece-over-retirement-age-vacation-a-763294.html">Merkel Blasts Greece over Retirement Age, Vacation</a> <i>Der Spiegel</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17155304">Are Greeks the hardest workers in Europe?</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/taxation/gen_info/economic_analysis/tax_structures/2012/booklet.pdf">Taxation trends in the European Union</a>, Eurostat (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/taxation/gen_info/economic_analysis/tax_structures/2012/country/el.pdf">Greece summary</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending#International_government_spending" class="extiw" title="wp:Government spending" rel="nofollow">International government spending as a percentage of GDP</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3746,en_2825_501397_38141385_1_1_1_1,00.html">Is the European Welfare State Really More Expensive?</a>, OECD. Prepare to read over 100 pages! (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/PiDbb">older data</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/25/markets-pressure-greece-cut-spending">Goldman Sachs faces Fed inquiry over Greek crisis</a>, <i>The Guardian</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ecb.int/ecb/orga/escb/html/convergence-criteria.en.html">Convergence criteria</a>, ECB</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16290598">Eurozone crisis explained</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/03/michael-lewis-ireland-201103">When Irish Eyes Are Crying</a>, <i>Vanity Fair</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17549970">Q&A: Spain's woes</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.reuters.com/sakari-suoninen/2013/09/17/beer-washes-out-german-inflation-angst/">No, really</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-european-debt-crisis-in-eight-graphs/2011/12/01/gIQAsmR5GO_blog.html">The European debt crisis in eight graphs</a>, <i>Washington Post</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/the-ticking-euro-bomb-how-the-euro-zone-ignored-its-own-rules-a-790333.html">The Ticking Euro Bomb: How the Euro Zone Ignored Its Own Rules</a>, <i>Der Spiegel</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16761087">Did Germany sow the seeds of the eurozone debt crisis?</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/06/09/conrad-black-the-german-hour-has-come-at-last/">Conrad Black: The German hour has come at last</a>, <i>National Post</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303506404577446312797418208.html">Germany Grapples With Role in Rescue</a>, <i>WSJ</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2011/01/19/scandinavia-where-did-it-all-go-right/">Scandinavia: Where Did It All Go Right?</a>, <i>WSJ</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/aug/05/scandinavia-recession-welfare-state">Why Scandinavia can teach us a thing or two about surviving a recession</a>, <i>The Guardian</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-44">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalutmaning.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Davos-The-nordic-way-final.pdf">The Nordic Way</a>, World Economic Forum</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-45">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hertie-school.org/fileadmin/images/Downloads/working_papers/41.pdf">The Nordic Model: Conditions, Origins, Outcomes, Lessons</a>, Hertie School of Governance</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/03/finland-eurozone-pride-anxiety?INTCMP=SRCH">They might be beginning to regret it.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-47">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/node/21556577">Start the engines, Angela</a>, <i>The Economist</i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_European_sovereign-debt_crisis#Structural_problem_of_Eurozone_system" class="extiw" title="wp:Causes of the European sovereign-debt crisis" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Causes of the European sovereign-debt crisis#Structural problem of Eurozone system">More info</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> on Wikipedia)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-48">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/opinion/paul-krugman-scots-what-the-heck.html">Scots, What the Heck?</a>, <i>The New York Times</i> (Describing the drawbacks of an independent <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> retaining the pound)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-50">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/why-we-arent-like-greece">Why We Aren't Like Greece</a>, Dean Baker</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-51">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://finmin.nic.in/WorkingPaper/euro_zone_crisis.pdf">The euro zone crisis: Its dimensions and implications</a>, Indian Ministry of Finance</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-52">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cer.org.uk/publications/archive/report/2014/how-finish-euro-house">How to finish the euro house</a>, Center for European Reform</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-54">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2011-11/08/c_131235655.htm">Will Italy be next Greece?</a>, Xinhuanet</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-55">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://live.wsj.com/video/is-spain-the-next-greece/AC65A424-7E20-4320-8CC3-0946A706678E.html#!AC65A424-7E20-4320-8CC3-0946A706678E">Is Spain the Next Greece?</a>, <i>WSJ</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-56">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/02/14/what-went-wrong-in-portugal/portugal-is-the-next-greece">Portugal Is the Next Greece</a>, <i>The New York Times</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-57">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://business.time.com/2010/09/22/is-ireland-the-next-greece/">Is Ireland the next Greece?</a>, <i>Time</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div role="navigation" aria-labelledby="logical_fallacies-navbox" style="clear:both;"> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed autocollapse innercollapse outercollapse navbox nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#009761; color:white; text-align:center;"><div style="float:left;" class="navbar"><div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Logfal" title="Template:Logfal"><span style="color:white">v</span></a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Logfal" title="Template talk:Logfal"><span style="color:white">t</span></a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Logfal&action=edit"><span style="color:white">e</span></a></div></div><span style="color:white; font-size:120%"><a 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devil</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_mystery" title="Appeal to mystery">Appeal to mystery</a> • <a href="/wiki/Informal_fallacy" title="Informal fallacy">Informal fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Common_sense" title="Common sense">Common sense</a> • <a href="/wiki/Post-designation" title="Post-designation">Post-designation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hyperbole" title="Hyperbole">Hyperbole</a> • <a href="/wiki/Relativist_fallacy" title="Relativist fallacy">Relativist fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Due_diligence" title="Due diligence">Due diligence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Straw_man" title="Straw man">Straw man</a> • <a href="/wiki/Good_old_days" title="Good old days">Good old days</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_probability" title="Appeal to probability">Appeal to probability</a> • <a href="/wiki/Infinite_regress" title="Infinite regress">Infinite regress</a> • <a href="/wiki/Circular_reasoning" title="Circular reasoning">Circular reasoning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Media_was_wrong_before" title="Media was wrong before">Media was wrong before</a> • <a href="/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem" title="Is–ought problem">Is–ought problem</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ad_iram" title="Ad iram">Ad iram</a> • <a href="/wiki/Just_asking_questions" title="Just asking questions">Just asking questions</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pink-baiting" title="Pink-baiting">Pink-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_faith" title="Appeal to faith">Appeal to faith</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_fear" title="Appeal to fear">Appeal to fear</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_bias" title="Appeal to bias">Appeal to bias</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_confidence" title="Appeal to confidence">Appeal to confidence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_consequences" title="Appeal to consequences">Appeal to consequences</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion" title="Appeal to emotion">Appeal to emotion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_flattery" title="Appeal to flattery">Appeal to flattery</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_gravity" title="Appeal to gravity">Appeal to gravity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_hate" title="Appeal to hate">Appeal to hate</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_omniscience" title="Argument from omniscience">Argument from omniscience</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_silence" title="Argument from silence">Argument from silence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_baculum" title="Argumentum ad baculum">Argumentum ad baculum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_fastidium" title="Argumentum ad fastidium">Argumentum ad fastidium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Association_fallacy" title="Association fallacy">Association fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Broken_window_fallacy" title="Broken window fallacy">Broken window fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Category_mistake" title="Category mistake">Category mistake</a> • <a href="/wiki/Confounding_factor" title="Confounding factor">Confounding factor</a> • <a href="/wiki/Counterfactual_fallacy" title="Counterfactual fallacy">Counterfactual fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Courtier%27s_Reply" title="Courtier's Reply">Courtier's Reply</a> • <a href="/wiki/Damning_with_faint_praise" title="Damning with faint praise">Damning with faint praise</a> • <a href="/wiki/Definitional_fallacies" title="Definitional fallacies">Definitional fallacies</a> • <a href="/wiki/Equivocation" title="Equivocation">Equivocation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_accent" title="Fallacy of accent">Fallacy of accent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_accident" title="Fallacy of accident">Fallacy of accident</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_amphiboly" title="Fallacy of amphiboly">Fallacy of amphiboly</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy" title="Gambler's fallacy">Gambler's fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Imprecision_fallacy" title="Imprecision fallacy">Imprecision fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts" title="Moving the goalposts">Moving the goalposts</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy" title="Nirvana fallacy">Nirvana fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Overprecision" title="Overprecision">Overprecision</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pathos_gambit" title="Pathos gambit">Pathos gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pragmatic_fallacy" title="Pragmatic fallacy">Pragmatic fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Quote_mining" title="Quote mining">Quote mining</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_sarcina_inserta" title="Argumentum ad sarcina inserta">Argumentum ad sarcina inserta</a> • <a href="/wiki/Science_doesn%27t_know_everything" title="Science doesn't know everything">Science doesn't know everything</a> • <a href="/wiki/Slothful_induction" title="Slothful induction">Slothful induction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Spotlight_fallacy" title="Spotlight fallacy">Spotlight fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Style_over_substance" title="Style over substance">Style over substance</a> • <a href="/wiki/Toupee_fallacy" title="Toupee fallacy">Toupee fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Genuine_but_insignificant_cause" title="Genuine but insignificant cause">Genuine but insignificant cause</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_incredulity" title="Argument from incredulity">Argument from incredulity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_age" title="Appeal to age">Appeal to age</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_nauseam" title="Argumentum ad nauseam">Argumentum ad nauseam</a> • <a href="/wiki/Phantom_distinction" title="Phantom distinction">Phantom distinction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_common_sense" title="Appeal to common sense">Appeal to common sense</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_hysteria" title="Argumentum ad hysteria">Argumentum ad hysteria</a> • <a href="/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox" title="Omnipotence paradox">Omnipotence paradox</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_etymology" title="Argument from etymology">Argument from etymology</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_trauma" title="Appeal to trauma">Appeal to trauma</a> • <a href="/wiki/Countless_counterfeits_fallacy" title="Countless counterfeits fallacy">Countless counterfeits fallacy</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Ad_hoc" title="Category:Ad hoc"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Ad hoc:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/No_True_Scotsman" title="No True Scotsman">No True Scotsman</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts" title="Moving the goalposts">Moving the goalposts</a> • <a href="/wiki/Escape_hatch" title="Escape hatch">Escape hatch</a> • <a href="/wiki/Handwave" title="Handwave">Handwave</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special_pleading" title="Special pleading">Special pleading</a> • <a href="/wiki/Slothful_induction" title="Slothful induction">Slothful induction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy" title="Nirvana fallacy">Nirvana fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/God_of_the_gaps" title="God of the gaps">God of the gaps</a> • <a href="/wiki/PIDOOMA" title="PIDOOMA">PIDOOMA</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ad_hoc" title="Ad hoc">Ad hoc</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tone_argument" title="Tone argument">Tone argument</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Arguments_from_ignorance" title="Category:Arguments from ignorance"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Arguments from ignorance:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Science_doesn%27t_know_everything" title="Science doesn't know everything">Science doesn't know everything</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_incredulity" title="Argument from incredulity">Argument from incredulity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_silence" title="Argument from silence">Argument from silence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Toupee_fallacy" title="Toupee fallacy">Toupee fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_censorship" title="Appeal to censorship">Appeal to censorship</a> • <a href="/wiki/Science_was_wrong_before" title="Science was wrong before">Science was wrong before</a> • <a href="/wiki/Holmesian_fallacy" title="Holmesian fallacy">Holmesian fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_omniscience" title="Argument from omniscience">Argument from omniscience</a> • <a href="/wiki/Willful_ignorance" title="Willful ignorance">Willful ignorance</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance" title="Argument from ignorance">Argument from ignorance</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Causation_fallacies" title="Category:Causation fallacies"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Causation fallacies:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Post_hoc,_ergo_propter_hoc" title="Post hoc, ergo propter hoc">Post hoc, ergo propter hoc</a> • <a href="/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation" title="Correlation does not imply causation">Correlation does not imply causation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wrong_direction" title="Wrong direction">Wrong direction</a> • <a href="/wiki/Counterfactual_fallacy" title="Counterfactual fallacy">Counterfactual fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Regression_fallacy" title="Regression fallacy">Regression fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy" title="Gambler's fallacy">Gambler's fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent" title="Denying the antecedent">Denying the antecedent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Genuine_but_insignificant_cause" title="Genuine but insignificant cause">Genuine but insignificant cause</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Circular_reasoning" title="Category:Circular reasoning"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Circular reasoning:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Infinite_regress" title="Infinite regress">Infinite regress</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_by_assertion" title="Argument by assertion">Argument by assertion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_dictionarium" title="Argumentum ad dictionarium">Argumentum ad dictionarium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_faith" title="Appeal to faith">Appeal to faith</a> • <a href="/wiki/Circular_reasoning" title="Circular reasoning">Circular reasoning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Self-refuting_idea" title="Self-refuting idea">Self-refuting idea</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Emotional_appeals" title="Category:Emotional appeals"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Emotional appeals:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_fear" title="Appeal to fear">Appeal to fear</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion" title="Appeal to emotion">Appeal to emotion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_confidence" title="Appeal to confidence">Appeal to confidence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Deepity" title="Deepity">Deepity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_baculum" title="Argumentum ad baculum">Argumentum ad baculum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_shame" title="Appeal to shame">Appeal to shame</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_flattery" title="Appeal to flattery">Appeal to flattery</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tone_argument" title="Tone argument">Tone argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_money" title="Appeal to money">Appeal to money</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_fastidium" title="Argumentum ad fastidium">Argumentum ad fastidium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_gravity" title="Appeal to gravity">Appeal to gravity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_consequences" title="Appeal to consequences">Appeal to consequences</a> • <a href="/wiki/Loaded_language" title="Loaded language">Loaded language</a> • <a href="/wiki/Style_over_substance" title="Style over substance">Style over substance</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_pity" title="Appeal to pity">Appeal to pity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_hate" title="Appeal to hate">Appeal to hate</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pathos_gambit" title="Pathos gambit">Pathos gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Shaming" title="Shaming">Shaming</a> • <a href="/wiki/Degenerate" title="Degenerate">Degenerate</a> • <a href="/wiki/Abomination" title="Abomination">Abomination</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#009761; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Fallacies_of_ambiguity" title="Category:Fallacies of ambiguity"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Fallacies of ambiguity:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_accent" title="Fallacy of accent">Fallacy of accent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Equivocation" title="Equivocation">Equivocation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_amphiboly" title="Fallacy of amphiboly">Fallacy of amphiboly</a> • <a href="/wiki/Quote_mining" title="Quote mining">Quote mining</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_ambiguity" title="Fallacy of ambiguity">Fallacy of ambiguity</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moral_equivalence" title="Moral equivalence">Moral equivalence</a> • <a href="/wiki/Scope_fallacy" title="Scope fallacy">Scope fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Suppressed_correlative" title="Suppressed correlative">Suppressed correlative</a> • <a href="/wiki/Not_as_bad_as" title="Not as bad as">Not as bad as</a> • <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">Etymology</a> • <a href="/wiki/Continuum_fallacy" title="Continuum fallacy">Continuum fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wronger_than_wrong" title="Wronger than wrong">Wronger than wrong</a> • <a href="/wiki/Definitional_fallacies" title="Definitional fallacies">Definitional fallacies</a> • <a href="/wiki/Code_word" title="Code word">Code word</a> • <a href="/wiki/Phantom_distinction" title="Phantom distinction">Phantom distinction</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#009761; width:25%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Formal_fallacies" title="Category:Formal fallacies"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Formal fallacies:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Confusion_of_the_inverse" title="Confusion of the inverse">Confusion of the inverse</a> • <a href="/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent" title="Denying the antecedent">Denying the antecedent</a> • <a href="/wiki/Non_sequitur" title="Non sequitur">Non sequitur</a> • <a href="/wiki/Affirmative_conclusion_from_a_negative_premise" title="Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise">Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise</a> • <a href="/wiki/Not_even_wrong" title="Not even wrong">Not even wrong</a> • <a href="/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense" title="Chewbacca Defense">Chewbacca Defense</a> • <a href="/wiki/Affirming_a_disjunct" title="Affirming a disjunct">Affirming a disjunct</a> • <a href="/wiki/Illicit_process" title="Illicit process">Illicit process</a> • <a href="/wiki/Four-term_fallacy" title="Four-term fallacy">Four-term fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Negative_conclusion_from_affirmative_premises" title="Negative conclusion from affirmative premises">Negative conclusion from affirmative premises</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_fallacy" title="Fallacy fallacy">Fallacy fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Substituting_explanation_for_premise" title="Substituting explanation for premise">Substituting explanation for premise</a> • <a href="/wiki/Enthymeme" title="Enthymeme">Enthymeme</a> • <a href="/wiki/Syllogism" title="Syllogism">Syllogism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Formal_fallacy" title="Formal fallacy">Formal fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Existential_assumption" title="Existential assumption">Existential assumption</a> • <a href="/wiki/Masked_man_fallacy" title="Masked man fallacy">Masked man fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Self-refuting_idea" title="Self-refuting idea">Self-refuting idea</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_by_gibberish" title="Argument by gibberish">Argument by gibberish</a> • <a href="/wiki/One_single_proof" title="One single proof">One single proof</a> • <a href="/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent" title="Affirming the consequent">Affirming the consequent</a> • <a href="/wiki/False_dilemma" title="False dilemma">False dilemma</a> • <a href="/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy" title="Conjunction fallacy">Conjunction fallacy</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#009761; width:25%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Fallacious_arguments" title="Category:Fallacious arguments"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Fallacious arguments:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Bumblebee_argument" title="Bumblebee argument">Bumblebee argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fatwa_envy" title="Fatwa envy">Fatwa envy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gotcha_argument" title="Gotcha argument">Gotcha argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hoyle%27s_fallacy" title="Hoyle's fallacy">Hoyle's fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Intuition_pump" title="Intuition pump">Intuition pump</a> • <a href="/wiki/Logic_and_Creation" title="Logic and Creation">Logic and Creation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Not_Circular_Reasoning" title="Not Circular Reasoning">Not Circular Reasoning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Peanut_butter_argument" title="Peanut butter argument">Peanut butter argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Great_Beethoven_fallacy" title="Great Beethoven fallacy">Great Beethoven fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fallacy_of_unique_founding_conditions" title="Fallacy of unique founding conditions">Fallacy of unique founding conditions</a> • <a href="/wiki/Evil_is_the_absence_of_God" title="Evil is the absence of God">Evil is the absence of God</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_first_cause" title="Argument from first cause">Argument from first cause</a> • <a href="/wiki/How_do_you_know%3F_Were_you_there%3F" title="How do you know? Were you there?">How do you know? Were you there?</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_design" title="Argument from design">Argument from design</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_beauty" title="Argument from beauty">Argument from beauty</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_nature" title="Appeal to nature">Appeal to nature</a> • <a href="/wiki/Solferino_fallacy" title="Solferino fallacy">Solferino fallacy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Religious_scientists" title="Religious scientists">Religious scientists</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nothing_to_hide" title="Nothing to hide">Nothing to hide</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_fine_tuning" title="Argument from fine tuning">Argument from fine tuning</a> • <a href="/wiki/Creep_shaming" title="Creep shaming">Creep shaming</a> • <a href="/wiki/%22I_used_to_be_an_atheist%22" title=""I used to be an atheist"">"I used to be an atheist"</a> • <a href="/wiki/Atheism_as_a_religion" title="Atheism as a religion">Atheism as a religion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum" title="Argumentum ad populum">Argumentum ad populum</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argument_from_morality" title="Argument from morality">Argument from morality</a> • <a href="/wiki/Anti-environmentalism" title="Anti-environmentalism">Anti-environmentalism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_bias" title="Appeal to bias">Appeal to bias</a> • <a href="/wiki/Apophasis" title="Apophasis">Apophasis</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_nauseam" title="Argumentum ad nauseam">Argumentum ad nauseam</a> • <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_censorship" title="Appeal to censorship">Appeal to censorship</a> • <a href="/wiki/Argumentum_ad_sarcina_inserta" title="Argumentum ad sarcina inserta">Argumentum ad sarcina inserta</a> • <a href="/wiki/Blaming_the_victim" title="Blaming the victim">Blaming the victim</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bait-and-switch" title="Bait-and-switch">Bait-and-switch</a> • <a href="/wiki/Danth%27s_Law" title="Danth's Law">Danth's Law</a> • <a href="/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense" title="Chewbacca Defense">Chewbacca Defense</a> • <a href="/wiki/Canard" title="Canard">Canard</a> • <a href="/wiki/DARVO" title="DARVO">DARVO</a> • <a href="/wiki/Demonization" title="Demonization">Demonization</a> • <a href="/wiki/Escape_hatch" title="Escape hatch">Escape hatch</a> • <a href="/wiki/Friend_argument" title="Friend argument">Friend argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Everyone_is_racist" title="Everyone is racist">Everyone is racist</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gish_Gallop" title="Gish Gallop">Gish Gallop</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gore%27s_Law" title="Gore's Law">Gore's Law</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ham_Hightail" title="Ham Hightail">Ham Hightail</a> • <a href="/wiki/Just_asking_questions" title="Just asking questions">Just asking questions</a> • <a href="/wiki/Leading_question" title="Leading question">Leading question</a> • <a href="/wiki/Loaded_language" title="Loaded language">Loaded language</a> • <a href="/wiki/Linking_to_authority" title="Linking to authority">Linking to authority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Loaded_question" title="Loaded question">Loaded question</a> • <a href="/wiki/Lying_by_omission" title="Lying by omission">Lying by omission</a> • <a href="/wiki/Motte_and_bailey" title="Motte and bailey">Motte and bailey</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nazi_analogies" title="Nazi analogies">Nazi analogies</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts" title="Moving the goalposts">Moving the goalposts</a> • <a href="/wiki/One_single_proof" title="One single proof">One single proof</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pink-baiting" title="Pink-baiting">Pink-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/One-way_hash_argument" title="One-way hash argument">One-way hash argument</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pathos_gambit" title="Pathos gambit">Pathos gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Quote_mining" title="Quote mining">Quote mining</a> • <a href="/wiki/Poisoning_the_well" title="Poisoning the well">Poisoning the well</a> • <a href="/wiki/Quidquid_latine_dictum_sit,_altum_videtur" title="Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur">Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur</a> • <a href="/wiki/Race_card" title="Race card">Race card</a> • <a href="/wiki/Red-baiting" title="Red-baiting">Red-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Red_herring" title="Red herring">Red herring</a> • <a href="/wiki/Release_the_data" title="Release the data">Release the data</a> • <a href="/wiki/Science_was_wrong_before" title="Science was wrong before">Science was wrong before</a> • <a href="/wiki/Shill_gambit" title="Shill gambit">Shill gambit</a> • <a href="/wiki/Straw_man" title="Straw man">Straw man</a> • <a href="/wiki/Silent_Majority" title="Silent Majority">Silent Majority</a> • <a href="/wiki/Uncertainty_tactic" title="Uncertainty tactic">Uncertainty tactic</a> • <a href="/wiki/Style_over_substance" title="Style over substance">Style over substance</a> • <a href="/wiki/Terrorism-baiting" title="Terrorism-baiting">Terrorism-baiting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Weasel_word" title="Weasel word">Weasel word</a> • <a href="/wiki/What%27s_the_harm_(logical_fallacy)" title="What's the harm (logical 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