Nederlandse jongen (11) heeft een briljante oplossing voor Griekenland

Vandaag is de shortlist voor de Wolfson Economic Prize bekend gemaakt. Jaarlijks reikt de Britse denktank Policy Exchange de prijs uit aan de beste economen ter wereld. Dit jaar wordt de prijs (286.000 euro) toegekend aan degene met het beste plan om Griekenland uit de eurozone te zetten. De vijf finalisten staan hier. De 11-jarige Jurre Hermans uit Beedenbroeck in de Achterhoek haalde de finale net niet. Voor zijn idee (hier onder) krijgt hij een eervolle vermelding en 120 euro.

Greece should leave the Euro. How do you do that? All Greek people should bring their euro to the bank. They put it in an exchange machine (see drawing). You see, the Greek guy does not look happy!! The Greek man gets back Greek Drachme from the bank, their old currency.

The Bank gives all these euro's to the Greek Government (see top left on my picture). All these euros together form a pancake or a pizza (see on top in the picture).

Now the Greek government can start to pay back all their debts, everyone who has a debt gets a slice of the pizza. You see that all these euro's in the pizza's go the companies and banks who have given loans in Greece (see right in my picture). Now here comes the clever part of my idea: The Greek people do not want to exchange their euro's for Drachmes because they know that this Drachme will lose its value dramatically. They try to keep or hide their euro's. They know that if they wait a while they will get more Drachmes.

So if a Greek man tries to keep his euros (or bring his euros to a bank in an other country like Holland orn Germany) and it is discovered, he gets a penalty just as high or double as the whole amount in euros he tried to hide!!! In this way I ensure that all Greeks bring their euros to a greek bank and so the greek government can pay back all the debts. I hope my idea helps you!!!!