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Europe's Debt Crisis Hey Europe. Breaking up is a foolish risk By Douglas J. Elliott @CNNMoney November 13, 2011: 5:03 PM ET Douglas J. Elliott, who worked as an investment banker for two decades, is a fellow at the Brookings Institution. Should Greece or other nations be allowed to leave the eurozone, or even be forced out? Those questions were considered heresy among European leaders until mere days ago.

Europe's Debt Crisis Italy: Definitely too big to fail, maybe too big to bail By Douglas J. Elliott @CNNMoney November 10, 2011: 5:32 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Douglas J. Elliott, who worked as an investment banker for two decades, is a fellow at the Brookings Institution.