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    Is Cyprus a Game Changer?

    March 19, 2013 • 1 min read

    Eurozone officials reminded the world of the big financial risks that remain there when they sought to fund bailouts in Cyprus by confiscating savings from small depositors.

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    Eurozone officials stumbled badly when they sought to confiscate some of the savings of small depositors in Cyprus to finance a bailout. The move uncovered big cracks in eurozone finances that officials hoped had been papered over. Wharton management professor Mauro Guillen assesses the systemic risks.

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