10 - Lars Christensen on the Eurozone Crisis and International Monetary Policy

Published: June 13, 2016, 9:23 a.m.

Lars Christensen, an internationally renowned Danish economist and Senior Fellow at London\u2019s Adam Smith Institute, discusses the poor monetary policy that has plagued the Eurozone. Christensen, the coiner of the term \u201cmarket monetarism,\u201d argues that Europe from the beginning was not an optimal region for its members to share a single currency and that the European Central Bank\u2019s decisions have greatly worsened the Eurozone\u2019s economic pain. This suffering, consequently, has led to the rise of extremist movements throughout the region. Lars and David also turn their conversation to the lesser-known \u201cdollar bloc,\u201d the group of countries that either use the U.S. dollar or peg their currencies to the dollar. David's blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com Lars Christensen\u2019s blog: https://marketmonetarist.com David\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBeckworth Lars Christensen\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaMoMVPY