[the invisib1e hand]

Drowning in red ink, [INSERT NATION HERE] has nowhere to turn to revive the economic growth that might put its debt on a sustainable trajectory, reassure angry foreign creditors and offer hope to its recession-weary citizens.

"Death spiral." Now there's an interesting term. Sort of what one might expect to happen to a culture of death.

[ClearCase_guy]

That would be Greece on the Left.