11-01 :: December 2010 / January 2011

nanotimes Trends Quotes

“In this regard Germany is the Saudi Arabia of eu- roland. The Saudis win because they have the most oil; the Germans win because they have the most money.” Irwin Stelzer, In: WSJ, December 20, 2010; Irwin Stelzer is a director of economic-policy studies at the Hudson Institute, USA.

“Europe is no longer the main strategic pre-occupa- tion of U.S. foreign policy… The U.S. is increasingly looking to new partners to address old and new problems.” An internal EU report notes

“Europe is experiencing problems that will take years to play out. The periphery countries are obviously in deep fiscal trouble; I think we will see restructuring still in some of the periphery countries.”

Harvard University professor Kenneth Rogoff, during the conference of the Confederati- on of Norwegian Enterprises in Oslo, Nor- way, In: Josiane Kremer: Rogoff Says EU Debt Crisis Will Take Years to Clear, Members Face Default, In: Bloomberg, January 4, 2011

“The US’s quantitative easing policy may be obscure and some may see it as cause for alarm. There is a small chance of large catastrophe. But the eurozo- ne, by contrast, has a high chance of a medium-size meltdown. The single currency may win the race to the bottom after all.” Kenneth Rogoff: Euro looks set to win the race to the bottom, In: FT.com, January 12, 2011. K. Rogoff is a professor at Harvard

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