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November 11, 2012

Primacy of Politics Biggest Danger Facing the EU

Laurson & Pieler, Forbes

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The common European currency was born out of idealism (which didn’t extend to its sadly unimaginative name) and economic reasoning. That mix was necessary to launch so ambitious a project. Unfortunately the ratio of the ingredients was just off.

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