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Comment author: polymathwannabe 08 July 2015 12:10:43PM 2 points [-]

Selling territory is a big no-no, but selling EU citizenship is in fashion.

Comment author: gwern 08 July 2015 07:39:04PM 0 points [-]

Selling land is out. "Sell your islands, you bankrupt Greeks" will not play well in Athens now.

Comment author: James_Miller 08 July 2015 09:46:30PM 1 point [-]

What about a face saving land trade? For every island Greece sells it gets cash plus an equal amount of land in Greenland.

Comment author: gwern 09 July 2015 10:09:32PM 4 points [-]

Denmark already refused to sell any of Greenland back when there was more on offer, it was much poorer, and it needed the funds much more.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 09 July 2015 04:21:56PM *  1 point [-]

equal amount of land in Greenland

In the eyes of whom would that be anywhere near "face saving"? It would probably be even worse from that perspective than only getting cash.

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