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> [Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days -- before there is a material risk of a fundamentally unnecessary default by a country like Spain or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-buiter/time-is-running-out-fast-i-think-we-have-maybe-a-few-months-it-could/)

Willem Buiter

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## More by Willem Buiter

> [Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days -- before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-buiter/time-is-running-out-fast-i-think-we-have-maybe-a-few-months-it-could/)

Willem Buiter

> [Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-buiter/self-regulation-stands-in-relation-to-regulation-the-way-self/)

Willem Buiter

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