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Eurozone nations are stuck in a 'doom loop’
The euro was a very bad idea yet fiscal union is far worse and will fail, but not before it spreads bitterness across Europe. 'These global economic problems have their roots in the fools’ paradise we all used to live in,” observed Lord Peter Mandelson on Friday, to a packed seminar at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. “Pretty much everyone borrowed and spent beyond their means and that’s now catching up with us,” continued the former Cabinet Minister. “And it’s the inter-twining of the sovereign debt and banking crises that makes any eurozone resolution extremely difficult.” On this ... (full story)