Greece was loan-sharked by Germany and other &quot;investors&quot; for the explicit purpose of pumping up German exports and making German shareholders happier.<p>This is not quite the same thing as taking a lot of other people&#x27;s money.<p>A lot of the money never reached the ground, so most of the Greek people got very little benefit from it. Rather a lot of it went on defence boondoggles. See e.g.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2012&#x2F;apr&#x2F;19&#x2F;greece-military-spending-debt-crisis" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2012&#x2F;apr&#x2F;19&#x2F;greece-military...</a>