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Neither do I understand the word "admits" in the title. AFAIK he's been consistent in his message about the Euro over the years and has nothing to "admit". At l

Neither do I understand the word "admits" in the title. AFAIK he's been consistent in his message about the Euro over the years and has nothing to "admit". At least I remember reading him saying pretty much the same thing at previous (non-recent) occasions. For example, here he is in July 2014: "Stiglitz: How to save a broken euro" (https://www.euractiv.com/section/euro-finance/opinion/stiglitz-how-to-save-a-broken-euro/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/euro-finance/opinion/stigli...), or here is an opinion piece from him in the Guardian from May 2010 "Reform the euro or bin it" (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/05/reform-euro-or-bin-it-greece-germany https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/05/reform...)

tptacek 10y ago
Isn't the Telegraph a Euroskeptic paper? Not the worst of them during Brexit, but notable for it before Brexit?
- Noseshine 10y ago
  What is your point? I don't see a connection to what I wrote. He did write that article and over 6 years ago, so he has nothing to "admit" since he's said the same things all along.
  - tptacek 10y ago
    I agree with your complaint about the headline and was trying to add some context.
    - tim333 10y ago
      The Telegraph tends eurosceptic but the Guardian which trends pro europe has a similar review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/22/the-euro-and-its-threat-to-the-future-of-europe-joseph-stiglitz-review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/22/the-euro-and-i...
- et-al 10y ago
  I figure most British publications are skeptical of the Euro given the Brit's lack of adoption. > Passionately written, this important book will rock the smug, often detached eurozone policymaking elite. [...] Stiglitz deserves credit for breaking a taboo among respectable mainstream economists and finally admitting that the single currency is doomed. > This is a book, then, that will unnerve millions of British centre-Left progressives – those who backed British EU membership unquestioningly and now complain bitterly about Brexit. Many such voters, after all, view Stiglitz as their favourite economist. Sometimes the informal tone in British journalism really highlights the writer's (and publication's) bias.

tptacek 10y ago

Isn't the Telegraph a Euroskeptic paper? Not the worst of them during Brexit, but notable for it before Brexit?

Noseshine 10y ago
What is your point? I don't see a connection to what I wrote. He did write that article and over 6 years ago, so he has nothing to "admit" since he's said the same things all along.
- tptacek 10y ago
  I agree with your complaint about the headline and was trying to add some context.
  - tim333 10y ago
    The Telegraph tends eurosceptic but the Guardian which trends pro europe has a similar review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/22/the-euro-and-its-threat-to-the-future-of-europe-joseph-stiglitz-review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/22/the-euro-and-i...
et-al 10y ago
I figure most British publications are skeptical of the Euro given the Brit's lack of adoption. > Passionately written, this important book will rock the smug, often detached eurozone policymaking elite. [...] Stiglitz deserves credit for breaking a taboo among respectable mainstream economists and finally admitting that the single currency is doomed. > This is a book, then, that will unnerve millions of British centre-Left progressives – those who backed British EU membership unquestioningly and now complain bitterly about Brexit. Many such voters, after all, view Stiglitz as their favourite economist. Sometimes the informal tone in British journalism really highlights the writer's (and publication's) bias.