Well, looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Netherlands, it shows Dutch GDP per capit

Well, looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Netherlands, it shows Dutch GDP per capita (in EUR, nominal) up by >14% since 2007. You used GDP in USD, but to me that seems somewhat misleading: just because the EUR dropped relative to USD, doesn't mean that the economy suddenly shrank. > I'm not sure how the Euro survives if those sink lower in a recession and see another lost decade. This seems like a non sequitur to me. Why wouldn't the Euro survive? If Japan had a lost decade, would you speculate about the survival of the yen?