An evening panel discussion – Was the euro a mistake… and does it have a future?

Speakers:

Dr Juan E Castañeda, University of Buckingham and Editor of ‘theoldladyofthreadneedlestreet.wordpress.com’

Jamie Dannhauser, Senior UK Economist, Lombard Street Research

Prof Kevin Dowd, Professor of Finance and Economics, Durham Business School

Dr Bodo Herzog, Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Finance and Economics, ESB Business School, Reutlingen University

Prof Patrick Minford, Professor of Applied Economics, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

Several times in the last few years the euro has been on the verge of collapse. At the time of its creation, many UK economists warned that the euro would not last and the general consensus amongst free-market economists in the UK was that we should not join. Attempts to save the euro have normally involved “kicking the can down the road” or undermining the fundamental principles on which it was founded. The panellists at this discussion, following on from the publication of the IEA’s latest monograph, will ask whether the euro should be saved or whether it should be disbanded and replaced with national currencies or an entirely different monetary regime. Those who believe that the euro can and should be saved will put forward radical solutions to the problems facing the euro zone. The panellists will put forward a variety of different views but all will be agreed that we cannot continue as we are.

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