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This paper investigates the causes behind the euro debt crisis, particularly Germany's role in it. It is argued that … the euro's survival. The crisis in Euroland poses a global too big to fail threat, and presents a moral hazard of perhaps …
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depressed euro that boosted German extra-area exports. But the crisis that started in Euroland's so-called periphery has … meanwhile reached the core. With pro-euro sentiments dwindling fast across the European Union (EU), the future of the euro … turn out to be a double-edged sword. In case of a euro breakup, swift appreciation of the new deutschmark would abruptly …
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inherited from Germany's mercantilist past and Bundesbank mythology. Steps toward a fiscal union to back the euro are also …
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This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro … crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances … unemployment continue to plague euro crisis countries. Its huge current account surplus highlights that the euro currency union …
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This paper sets out to investigate the forces behind the so-called "global capital flows paradox" and related "dollar glut" observed in the era of advancing financial globalization. The supposed paradox is that the developing world has increasingly come to pursue policies that result in current...
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