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Jurre Hermans poses with the drawing he submitted at his home in the Netherlands on Tuesday.
If you were thinking of entering your solution to the eurozone crisis for the Wolfson Economics Prize, you're too late. The five finalists were announced Tuesday. It's no MegaMillions, but the prize is $400,000. And while entries like "The NEWNEY Approach to unscrambling the Euro" and "Planning for an orderly break-up of the European Monetary Union" sound intriguing, an awful lot of attention has gone to the entry of 11-year-old Jurre Hermans of The Netherlands.
You read that right. He's eleven.
Hermans received honorable mention and won 100 euros for his idea, which involves getting the Greeks to turn in their euros which will become part of a large pizza or pancake. He submitted an illustration for the judges.
And in case you were worrying that this kid might be spending too much time worrying about debt and the eurozone, fear not. He made a point of telling the judges in his pitch, "I have five friends with whom I play all day, mostly outside."
Jurre Hermans' sketch on solving the euro crisis.
Hat tip to Suzy Khimm at Ezra Klein's Wonkblog for this one.
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RE: Zimmerman. I'm really disturbed that during all the discussion about Mr. Zimmerman's nose, etc. and "fear for his life" that everyone constantly fails to consider the real point: Mr. Zimmerman had no business at all in accosting a stranger on the street.
If I were walking down a street in the evening and felt I was being followed and then saw the vehicle stop and a man gets out and accosts me, I'd have two choices, fight or flight. If anyone had a right to "stand his ground" it was Mr. Martin.
There is absolutely no defense for Mr. Zimmerman's actions, and I can't imagine any defense prevailing in a court of law.
That's the way I see it.