Tag Archives: euro

All Quiet Now, But Can Greece Really Thrive Inside the Euro?

Despite a deal being provisionally cut with Greece, a new chapter of European instability is only just starting.

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The Euro Beyond Greece: Getting Larger, Not Smaller

Danes, Swiss and British may ultimately join the euro.

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How Grexit Could Happen: Referendum or No Referendum?

How do you exit the euro? It has never been done before.

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A Better Alternative to QE for Europe

Ben Bernanke’s helicopter drop: Money for citizens, not banisters.

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Why Europe Needs to Put Privatization Back on the Agenda

Privatized firms neither need to accommodate politicians’ wishes nor maintain unproductive jobs and factories.

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How the ECB Will Eke Out Some Growth (Almost)

The Eurozone is likely to grow at 0.9%.

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Netherlands: Another Spain in the Making?

It is not only countries in Europe’s southern periphery that mismanage their national economies.

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European Blame Games: A 20-Year Retrospective

What lessons can be drawn from a big crisis 20 years ago to help overcome the current malaise in Europe?

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German Diplomacy and French Intransigence

Have German politicians finally learned the art of diplomacy?

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Thatcher, Merkel and the Euro

What is the legacy of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher for Europe’s crisis-stricken countries today?

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