Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

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Red lines indicate who each entity believes should be stuck with the cost
[1] Spain, Italy and the rest of the Euro Periphery
[2] The CDU, CSU and FDP 
[3] Finland 
[4] The Social Democrats and Greens
[5] The Bundesbank 
[6] The IMF
[7] The European Central Bank
[8] Poland
[9] France
[10] EU taxpayers in Core countries
[11] EU Commission and Finance Ministers
[12] EU bondholders