- Det är sannolikt att euron bryter ihop om 10-15 år. Det
tror ekonomiprofessor Laurence J Kotlikoff
vid universitetet i Boston, Massachusetts. Orsaken är Euroländernas
skuldbörda, uppger Mandag
Morgen.
Källa: Text-TV 2000-05-15
THE DEGENERATION OF EMU
Foreign Affairs,
February 20, 2000
Oxford University Professor Niall Ferguson /fellow and tutor in
modern history at Jesus College,
Oxford.
He is the author of Paper and Iron and The House of Rothschild,
as well as the editor of Virtual History: Alternatives and
Counter-factuals/ (author of The Pity of War)
/ recension i
Political Science Quarterly och
intervju
om boken i New York Times/ and
Boston
University Professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff note that the
successful launch of Europe's single currency has proven the
euroskeptics wrong.
RE: Dessa personer förefaller mig vara minst lika kvalificerade som Mats Johansson
But over time, the euro will be gravely threatened if the countries in the eurozone do not put their fiscal houses in order. Generational accounting, a careful analysis of long-term trends, paints a bleak picture: unsustainable spending will bury future generations under mountains of debt.
Most governments using the euro must either endure deep budget cuts, swallow sharp tax hikes, or be forced out of the eurozone.
