article_snippet: Country A is a small nation with a long history of tax evasion, government debt defaults and a dysfunctional business and regulatory climate.
article_snippet: Country A is a small nation with a long history of tax evasion, government debt defaults and a dysfunctional business and regulatory climate allows workers to retire in workers 50s, and pays double pensions when workers do.
article_snippet: Country A is a small nation with a long history of tax evasion, government debt defaults and a dysfunctional business and regulatory climate lied about Country A
article_snippet: Country B is a large, historically powerful nation with a record of low government debt.
article_snippet: Country B even ran budget surpluses, including a 2% surplus just before crisis hit in 2008.  
article_snippet: But what do we make of fiscally responsible country B?  