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The legacy of the Eurozone crisis and how to overcome it

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I argue first that the Eurozone crisis has left a legacy of unsustainable government debt levels. These will continue to exert a deflationary dynamics in the Eurozone. Second, I argue that the institutional innovations since the start of the debt crisis fall short of what is needed to solve the design failures of the Eurozone. In addition, they are not sustainable, mainly because they have led to a situation where bureaucratic institutions have been vested with more responsibilities without a concomitant increase in the democratic legitimacy of these institutions.

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  • de Grauwe, Paul, 2016. "The legacy of the Eurozone crisis and how to overcome it," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 65539, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    monetary union; Eurozone; deflation;
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    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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