What's so bad about easy money?

Spoiler: Nothing

Easy money.
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The aftermath of the Great Recession was worse for the eurozone than for America. But things may finally be turning around in Europe.

Yes, Spain and Greece are still stuck in Great Depression levels of unemployment. But eurozone unemployment as a whole recently fell to 9.3 percent — its lowest level since 2009. And economic growth slightly outpaced the U.S. over the last two years.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.