Here's an infographic from The Globe and Mail in Canada displaying the increasing and just about out of control proportions of Europe's debt. It's measured by the debt (the amount a country owes) to GDP (the amount of 'income' a country has in a year - Gross Domestic Product) ratio and puts it in reasonably easy to understand terms. For a bigger and better view of the infographic, click here.

I've been posting a lot of economics stuff recently. Must be a phase I'm going through. It is interesting though. Oh well. I'll put more music and CP news up soon...

For more info on Europe's (and particularly Greece's) debt problems, there's a very good essay here by John Lanchester in the London Review Of Books.