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Disagreement in Europe is not limited to that between “solution providers” (the troika of the European Central Bank, the European Union, and the International Monetary Fund) and countries now implementing painful austerity measures (Greece, Ireland, and Portugal).

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Now consider a situation in which the motors stay off, the fly continues on its path and it suffers some painful consequence such as getting zapped.

It's too painful.

And this is why I like to talk about this, because if we don't acknowledge it, then the transition will be pretty painful.

And that's part of the reason I like to talk about this, because I think it can be pretty painful, and we really have to work through it.

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