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    • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      Eurozone countries don’t have currency sovereignty, that was the whole point of the Euro, to “discipline” states and prevent them from spending by putting the printing press in Frankfurt

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        9 months ago

        Individual Eurozone countries can run out of money, yes, but that’s not what the finance minister said.

        The finance minister said “Europe” has run out of money, which is gibberish.

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      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%.