Harold James
Shards of Europe
PRINCETON – As European leaders struggle after another failed summit, they should think hard about what their continent – and the world – mi…
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The euro crisis - at a simmer for the past two years - has seemingly come to a boil. Elections in Greece, France, and elsewhere have challenged the status quo and threaten Germany's dominant position in the currency area's policy-making. How will the recent political and economic turmoil affect the future of the single currency? Project Syndicate's economic and political experts analyze the latest developments and their implications for the euro – and for Europe.
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Martin Feldstein
France’s Broken Dream
CAMBRIDGE – The crisis in the eurozone is the result of France’s persistent pursuit of the “European project,” the goal of political unifica…
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Jean Pisani-Ferry
Is the Euro Ending or Beginning?
BRUSSELS – When the architects of the euro started drawing up plans for its creation in the late 1980’s, economists warned them that a viabl…
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Peter Boone, Simon Johnson
The Euro Awaits Its Verdict
WASHINGTON, DC – The creation of the euro just over a decade ago was a courageous and unique experiment. Today, the outcome – whether the eu…
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Dominique Moisi
Ten Reasons for Europe
PARIS – The euro, many now believe, will not survive a failed political class in Greece or escalating levels of unemployment in Spain: just …
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Nouriel Roubini
Greece Must Exit
NEW YORK – The Greek euro tragedy is reaching its final act: it is clear that either this year or next, Greece is highly likely to default o…
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Zaki Laïdi
Hollande or Insurrection?
PARIS – For better or worse, Europe is now engaged in an insurrection against the fiscal pact condemning European Union member countrie…
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Kemal Derviş
Rebalancing the Eurozone
WASHINGTON, DC – The eurozone crisis unfolded primarily as a sovereign-debt crisis mostly on its southern periphery, with interest rates on …
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Barry Eichengreen
Is Europe on a Cross of Gold?
ROME – Increasingly, one hears predictions that the euro will go the way of the gold standard in the 1930’s. And, increasingly, the reasonin…
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Yannos Papantoniou
Steering Clear of the Euro Precipice
ATHENS – Renewed turbulence in the eurozone bond market underlines the need to reappraise the policies now being pursued in order to overcom…
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