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Re:David Rockefeller has died by elastic_church on Monday March 20, 2017 @01:46PM (#13916134)
Oh no deeply liquid markets that span borders, the horror

Lets bring back a Europe with 27 different bond and stock markets in 27 different volatile currencies

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Re:David Rockefeller has died by stanfordkid on Monday March 20, 2017 @01:55PM (#13916209)
It's more complex than that...

Debt is denominated in currencies ... so with the current system bad borrowing behavior by one member of the currency union (Greece) would lead to devaluation of the currency to other members of the union (Germany).

Having multiple currencies is okay as long as there is liquidity between them.

That being said, centralizing currency leads to economic growth as long as the money is well spent (investment) rather than evaporated (excessive social benefits)

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Re:David Rockefeller has died by elastic_church on Monday March 20, 2017 @05:13PM (#13917714)
> Having multiple currencies is okay as long as there is liquidity between them.

The bond market in that entire economic region was comparatively underdeveloped and has attracted massive liquidity improvements since 1999 stretch far out down the yield and risk curve

But yes we can write a whole dissertation on various aspects of the monetary union

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Re:David Rockefeller has died by mythrwy on Monday March 20, 2017 @11:28PM (#13919652)
Sure. Lets tie everything together instead so it can all go down together.
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