A part of that rhetoric is deterrence.

We'll see how much they actually pull through on but Putin/Russia and anyone else needs to know the consequences of what they have done. The global economy means that other countries can affect you more than they could in 1940 or 1950. Flex those muscles and see what happens.
[Post edited by ElbertoHokie at 02/27/2022 01:19AM]

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Posted: 02/27/2022 at 01:18AM

On the financial front Russia 5 yr CDS price implies 5.73% prob. Of def -- ColoVT82 02/26/2022 8:36PM

Invading a sovereign country was ill considered as well. There can’t -- Jackie VT 02/28/2022 10:57PM

Economic shock therapy 1993 caused unemployment to triple, hyperinflation -- lchoro 02/27/2022 12:20PM

A part of that rhetoric is deterrence. -- ElbertoHokie 02/27/2022 01:18AM

Love all you guys...debating about something that will mean zero -- HokieNerd 02/26/2022 10:06PM

What moves do u forsee? U saying sanctions mean zero? W/china helping rus? -- ColoVT82 02/27/2022 02:33AM

Nope, don't see sanctions helping...as a matter of fact, -- HokieNerd 02/27/2022 09:25AM

Realist. Exactly ** -- ColoVT82 02/27/2022 2:42PM

Russia national GPD is currently 11th in the world behind South Korea. -- jdkhokie 02/26/2022 10:45PM

You might be the only economist epidemiologist I’ve come across ** -- VT Pops 02/26/2022 9:49PM

SOTU, c19 topic? ** -- ColoVT82 02/27/2022 05:12AM

I can hardly wait for the next calamity he’ll advise on. ** -- Stork 02/27/2022 02:08AM

Aliens maybe ** -- Brown Water 02/27/2022 05:18AM

Never been on Facebook, eh? ** -- LonghornHokie 02/26/2022 10:11PM

The Lounge has the hugest concentration of PHDs ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/26/2022 9:56PM

The ruble is falling because Russia made a decision. -- GreenvilleVT 02/26/2022 8:52PM

Trust everything you see on the Lounge Bro -- bluehokie 02/27/2022 01:35AM

Falling is one thing. Destruction of currency is another kettle of fish -- ColoVT82 02/26/2022 8:57PM

I hope we get some more of the sell everything days -- GreenvilleVT 02/27/2022 08:11AM

I won’t shed tears for the ruble or any currency -- GreenvilleVT 02/26/2022 9:15PM

Govmnts messing with crypto fungiblity is sinking in in some spaces ** -- ColoVT82 02/26/2022 9:38PM

...agry. this is transglobal. that's a lotta tran$iting in my book. -- bourbonstreet 02/26/2022 9:09PM

Uckfae Ittlelae Utinkipae and his elevator boots ** -- VT BronzeBacker 02/27/2022 12:37AM

SWIFT thing as reported is limited. No big issue. U get my drift. -- ColoVT82 02/26/2022 9:32PM

Wouldn’t Russia need limited SWIFT access to sell energy? -- TabbHokie 02/26/2022 10:31PM

"Fog of war" is one helluva a (thick)... 'bank'. (get it???) -- bourbonstreet 02/26/2022 9:50PM

I bet his military does him in before he goes too far. ** -- UsherDog2008 02/26/2022 9:22PM

The devil u know vs the devil unknown... ** -- ColoVT82 02/26/2022 9:34PM

...yups. and in that same cyber/transgloabal econ? Things move fastest -- bourbonstreet 02/26/2022 9:51PM

...longer it drags on and +++toe-tags Ruso troops? Odd's do not go ⬇️... -- bourbonstreet 02/26/2022 9:25PM

But Putin sent his mobile crematory to decrease those numbers -- EDGEMAN 02/27/2022 07:01AM

Or AWOL ** -- TabbHokie 02/27/2022 1:50PM

A part of that rhetoric is deterrence.

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