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When PIGS Fly: Europe’s Basket Cases Recover, While US Drowns in Debt

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When PIGS Fly: Europe’s Basket Cases Recover, While US Drowns in Debt
The Ham-let flying pig hot air balloon takes flight at sunrise during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N. M., on Oct. 13, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Gary Alexander
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A decade ago, the biggest economic story in the news for many weeks concerned the PIGS of Europe: Portugal, Italy (or Ireland, take your pick), Greece and Spain, the sickest economies of Europe.

Gary Alexander
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Gary Alexander has been a senior writer at Navellier since 2009. He edits Navellier’s weekly Marketmail and writes a weekly Growth Mail column. For the previous 20 years, he was senior executive editor at InvestorPlace Media, and editor for Wealth Magazine and Gold Newsletter and wrote various investment research reports for Jefferson Financial in New Orleans. He began his financial writing career with KCI Communications in 1980, where he served as consulting editor for Personal Finance while serving as general manager of KCI’s Alexandria House book division.
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