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#340: Who Loaned Money To Greece, Anyway?

#340: Who Loaned Money To Greece, Anyway?

Planet Money vor 14 Jahren

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It's the 11th hour for Europe's debt crisis. Again.Greece still can't pay back all the money it owes. So it's trying to cut a deal with its creditors. (Again.)We've been wondering for years: Who are the people who loaned money to Greece? Are they suckers? Brilliant investors?On today's podcast we find someone who loaned Greece money: Hans Humes. He runs a hedge fund called Greylock Capital Management. Turns out, his office is just a few blocks away from ours.Humes is one of the guys trying to hammer out a deal with Greece. He explains just how complicated the negotiations are — and how, even among people who loaned Greece money, there are huge divisions.