{"id":724,"date":"2010-04-28T17:55:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=724"},"modified":"2017-09-29T10:14:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T10:14:31","slug":"financial-crisis-as-it-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Capitalism in Crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following two maps show the countries of Europe and the World resized according to their total external debt, whereas the colours indicate a country&#8217;s debt by gdp ratio. The maps are an outcome of a commissioned work for the Times newspaper, and putting those two slightly different values on one map may raise criticism, even if both values on it&#8217;s own make for a good depiction of the current state of the economic world &#8211; or the burden that some national governments currently face. Also, the data used must be judged carefully. Not just since Greece went on the global stage with its crisis it is quite obvious that economic statistics do not always reveal the real truth. Having said all that, these maps still draw an impressive picture of the current crisis in Europe and the world:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/EUdebt2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Map of debt and the debt\/gdp ratio in the countries of the European Union 2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/EUdebt2010.jpg\" alt=\"Map of debt and the debt\/gdp ratio in the countries of the European Union 2010\" width=\"480\" \/>(<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/EUdebt2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">click map for larger view<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Worlddebt2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-429\" title=\"Global Debt Levels 2010: Worldmap of total external debt and itsshare in a country's GDP \" src=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Worlddebt2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Worlddebt2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">(click here for large map)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<em>The content on this page has been created by Benjamin Hennig. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?page_id=631\" target=\"_blank\">contact me<\/a> for further details on the terms of use.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following two maps show the countries of Europe and the World resized according to their total external debt, whereas the colours indicate a country&#8217;s debt by gdp ratio. 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