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Tag Archives: eurozone

Gary Smith A New Eurozone Conspiracy Hypothesis

A New Eurozone Conspiracy Hypothesis

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Tony Lima

Suppose the ongoing eurozone crisis was actually planned all along by Germany. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues | Tagged ERM, euro, eurozone, Gary Smith, optimum currency area

DExit Revisited

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Tony Lima

A rising political party in Germany strongly favors leaving the eurozone. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues | Tagged dexit, euro, euro breakup, eurozone, featured, Germany
Angela Merkel

Germany Harmonizes With Other European Countries

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Tony Lima

At last, a European country is doing something to help the U.S. global competitive position. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged euro, eurozone, featured, Germany, global competition

What Is the European Union?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Tony Lima

What is the European Union? It won the Nobel Peace Prize today. The media immediately confused the EU with the eurozone. They’re not the same. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Media Stupidity | Tagged common market, european economic community, european economic union, european monetary union, eurozone, history of the european union, nobel peace prize, nobel prize committee

Growth in the Eurozone

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Tony Lima

The only growth in the Eurozone is in three and four letter acronyms. Continue Reading →

Posted in Economist "humor" | Tagged eurozone, FLA, four letter acronym, growth, three letter acronym, TLA

First There Were 27

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Tony Lima

First there were 27 European countries negotiating the fiscal union. Wait — there are only 17 countries using the euro! Where did the other ten come from? And, more important, Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues | Tagged debt crisis, euro, eurozone

Economist Thoughts

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his customers. — Ambrose Bierce

“Everybody knows that once something is declared a right, the laws of supply and demand are automatically repealed.” – Ben Shapiro, podcast, September 4, 2018

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