11-05 :: May/June 2011

nanotimes Trends Quotes

“So consider this exercise solely from an economic context: The likely result of a German exit would be a huge surge in the value of the newly reconstituted DM. In effect, then, everybody devalues against the economic powerhouse which is Germany and the onus for fiscal reflation is now placed on the most re- calcitrant member of the European Union. Germany will likely have to bail out its banks, but this is more politically palatable than, say, bailing out the Greek banks (at least from the perspective of the German populace). (…). It seems like an odd way to consider the problem, but the paradox of the current situation suggests that an exit from the euro zone of its strongest member, rather than its weakest links, might well be the op- timal means of saving the euro, in the absence of a fully fledged return to separate national currencies.”

Marshall Auerback: To Save the Euro, Germany Has to Quit the Eurozone, In: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com, May 26, 2011: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/05/marshall-

auerback-to-save-the-euro-germany-has-to-quit-the-euro- zone.html

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