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  • Kaplya@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    The EU countries under eurozone has no currency sovereignty because money creation is subjugated to the European Central Bank but every member state has their own separate fiscal policies, and the ECB has no mechanism to absorb the imbalances between different member states.

    It will go down in history as one of the stupidest ideas humankind has ever implemented in practice.

    But in reality it’s not so “stupid” because neoliberal bankers in the rich countries like France and Germany made a lot of profit out of it, and will use this “running out of money” excuse to impose austerity and extract even more wealth and funnel them to the very top 0.1%.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      money creation is subjugated to the European Central Bank but every member state has their own separate fiscal policies, and the ECB has no mechanism to absorb the imbalances between different member states

      wait fr? they can’t just coordinate printing more money? what a bunch of jokers lmao

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      But he specifically said Europe is running out of money. If he means France is running out of money, that’s a different problem because it’s like you said. It’s actually quite similar to how the US has currency sovereignty but individual US states have to have balanced budgets.