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Gold Standard Lessons for the Eurozone

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type="short"> This symposium item belongs to a section headed: SYMPOSIUM: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE EUROZONE CRISIS: LEARNING FROM THE PAST, which also includes The Interwar Gold Standard in Light of the Present by David Bholat (DOI: 10.1 111/jcms.12144 ), What Does the 1930s' Experience Tell Us about the Future of the Eurozone? by Nicholas Crafts (DOI: 10.1 111/jcms.12145 ), Policy Options for the Euro: Heterodoxy Ahead? by Scott Urban (DOI: 10.1 111/jcms.12147 ).

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  • Matthias Morys, 2014. "Gold Standard Lessons for the Eurozone," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(4), pages 728-741, July.
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