Europe’s orphan: The future of the euro and the politics of debt

26/03/2016

Was the euro a straitjacket that caused an inevitable crisis? Or would earlier action have staved off a debt catastrophe? In this Vox Talk, Martin Sandbu – author of “Europe’s Orphan: The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt” – argues that rather than blaming the euro for the political and economic failures in Europe since the Global Crisis, the responsibility lies firmly on the authorities of the Eurozone and its member countries.

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