Biderman: “Europe is in big trouble, and the trouble is getting worse – much worse”

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“Europe is in big trouble, and the trouble is getting worse – much worse” is how Charles Biderman begins his latest missive. The diatribe focuses on the shortcomings of both the left (the existing political structure of government-dominated economies) and the right (a German-style austerity program of slashing spending and raising taxes) of inane politicians in Europe as the two main issues of over-spending and declining economic activity come home to roost. Starting from the Euro’s inception and its implicit permission to allow each country to borrow as much as they want without regard to what was going on in their local economy is just as pernicious as the cradle-to-grave welfare state that is the prevailing mantra “everyone deserves to be taken care of”. Therein lies the crux of the matter as borrowing (excessively) to support the people’s supposed ‘deserved’ welfare is viewed as ‘just-and-fair’ whereas in reality, simply put, “the economies of most of Europe do not work.” The Bay-Area bad-boy does offer reasoned solutions that offer hope for growth as opposed to just austerity for the sake of it as, among other things, he suggests eliminating red-tape to create a more entrepreneurial environment but ultimately he sees the probability of this as low and suggests being short via EUO (the double-levered Euro short) and EMZ (short non-USD developed – mostly Europe – markets).”

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