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Not only is your comment completely unrelated to the issue at hand, but your references are as well. The slightly one-sided (who would've guessed from UK publi

by qayxc 6y ago

Not only is your comment completely unrelated to the issue at hand, but your references are as well. The slightly one-sided (who would've guessed from UK publication) Guardian article simply ignores the internal issues that the southern European countries have carried around for decades and doesn't even mention the success of the Baltic states (I wonder why). The NYT article, aside from being 9 years old and written in the context of the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, didn't age well either - especially regarding its prime subject Ireland...

netsharc 6y ago
Most of the comments here are about German government corruption and incompetence. The articles maybe old but the facts still haven't changed; the Euro was a bad thing (yeah, yeah, citation needed). I disagree with your insinuation that a UK publication must be against the Euro (such a cheap conclusion!), the Guardian does lean towards the left, but it is also a pro EU.
- qayxc 6y ago
  > Most of the comments here are about German government corruption and incompetence. Yet neither is addressed by the articles you linked. If illustrating corruption or incompetence was your intend, then you simply missed the mark with those articles. There's suitable, prominent and recent examples for both, but "Euro bad" definitely isn't one of them.
  - netsharc 6y ago
    People praise the government for the stable economy, attributing this to competence. The truth is (in many economists' opinion) the stable economy is because of the bad construct pegging the European currencies, probably not because of good governance. Sorry I can't provide you with proper up-to-date citations, but you declaring "that's not the case" does not make it the case. Well, me declaring "that is the case" does not make it the case either.

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Not only is your comment completely unrelated to the issue at hand, but your references are as well. The slightly one-sided (who would've guessed from UK publi

by qayxc 6y ago

netsharc 6y ago
Most of the comments here are about German government corruption and incompetence. The articles maybe old but the facts still haven't changed; the Euro was a bad thing (yeah, yeah, citation needed). I disagree with your insinuation that a UK publication must be against the Euro (such a cheap conclusion!), the Guardian does lean towards the left, but it is also a pro EU.
- qayxc 6y ago
  > Most of the comments here are about German government corruption and incompetence. Yet neither is addressed by the articles you linked. If illustrating corruption or incompetence was your intend, then you simply missed the mark with those articles. There's suitable, prominent and recent examples for both, but "Euro bad" definitely isn't one of them.
  - netsharc 6y ago
    People praise the government for the stable economy, attributing this to competence. The truth is (in many economists' opinion) the stable economy is because of the bad construct pegging the European currencies, probably not because of good governance. Sorry I can't provide you with proper up-to-date citations, but you declaring "that's not the case" does not make it the case. Well, me declaring "that is the case" does not make it the case either.