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Europe weighs greater fiscal consolidation

4 December 2011

Of course, if the eurozone turned itself into a real fiscal union with all the member states guaranteeing each other's debt, that would stop the crisis in its tracks. But Tim Leunig of the London School of Economics says that's not going to happen.
Tim Leunig: Germany is not going to want to give huge amounts other people who it sees as feckless. But equally, other people are not going to want to be bossed about by Germany and told what they can and cannot spend their money on. This article was published in Marketplace on Sunday December 4, 2011. Link to article

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Tim Leunig webpage
Globalisation Programme webpage

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