"While holding the eurozone together will be costly……" — Barry Eichengreen
"While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and more difficult,"
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13 Quotes by Barry Eichengreen
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More than the Big Mac, Coca Cola, or Levi's 501 jeans, the dollar is surely the United States' signature export.
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Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has…
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely…
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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And,…
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Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure…
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Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand.…
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The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up…
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The consequences of a collapse would not be pretty. Whichever country precipitated it - Germany by threatening to abandon the…
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs,…
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Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the…
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This crisis of long-term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of…
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