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		maximusprime on Dec 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What really caused the eurozone crisis? "the idea of a single currency" caused it. A truly terrible idea. Everything that happened was inevitable.

jarek on Dec 22, 2011 [–]

Single currency without a single fiscal policy.

maximusprime on Dec 22, 2011 | [–]

A single currency across countries with such different economies, histories, cultures and languages would still result in the same outcome IMHO.

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