Economics Quote by Mehdi Hasan

A single currency entails a fixed interest rate, which means countries can't manage their own currency to suit their own needs. You need a…

— Joseph Stiglitz

I was sure we would never see the adoption of the Euro. Countries giving up their currencies for a common tender was, it seemed…

— John Naisbitt

Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal…

— Amity Shlaes

We will work to modify and remove some European parameters, but regarding the euro, I remain convinced that the single currency is destined to…

— Matteo Salvini

While it was an experiment to bring them together, nothing has divided Europe as much as the euro.

— Joseph Stiglitz

The lower interest rates fueled housing and consumption booms in countries such as Spain and Ireland. At the same time, Germany, struggling with the…

— George Soros

So Europe's a big driver. And at one point, if the euro hadn't devalued, they would have been making as much money as the…

— Jim Cantalupo

Part of the concept of the euro zone was to establish a common market. The banks were going to bank across all their countries…

— Jamie Dimon

While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard.…

— Jonathan Sacks

A lot more people are willing to invest in bonds denominated in euros. And there was the fiscal discipline argument, which is that this…

— Austan Goolsbee

The Euro is a conquest of sovereignty. It gives us a margin of manoeuvre. Its a tool to help us master globalisation and help…

— Dominique Strauss-Kahn

The euro zone was driven by the neoliberal view that markets are always efficient. That in itself is political. There was no pressing economic…

— Joseph Stiglitz