The drachma: gone yesterday… back tomorrow? (Image: James Glossop/The Times/N.I. Syndication)
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One of the big questions hanging over the Greek crisis is whether it should exit the eurozone, an expensive solution dubbed “Grexit”. In theory this would see Greece reinstating its old currency, the drachma, to attract investment and restore prosperity. But would it stop the crisis spreading to other eurozone nations like Spain and Portugal?
Scientists who apply the laws of natural networks such as ecosystems to economic networks suspect not. The primary problem, they say, is the way the eurozone…
