Bruegel Event Recordings

Why is Europe’s great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and other Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. At this event Markus Brunnermeier and Harold James presented their new book The Euro and the Battle for Ideas (co-authored by Jean-Pierre Landau) in which they argue that the core problem with the Euro lies in the philosophical differences between the founding countries of the Eurozone, particularly Germany and France. For more information, see http://bruegel.org/events/the-euro-and-the-battle-of-ideas/.