Let's start with the creation of the euro. If you think that this was a project driven by careful calculation of costs and benefits, you have been misinformed.

我们先说说欧元的创立。如果您认为那是建立在仔细计算成本与收益之上的先过目，你获得的一定是错误的信息。

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And now you see why many American (and some British) economists have always been skeptical about the euro project.

现在您就明白了为什么许多美国人(还有一些英国人)对欧元计划始终表示怀疑。

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To understand the euro-mess - and its lessons for the rest of us - you need to see past the headlines.

要了解欧元麻烦以及给我们大家的教训，我们得透过这些标题深入地去看。

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Indeed, when you examine the writings of all those economists not politically wedded to the joys of the EU and the euro, you actually find that exit from the euro would be the cure for most of the economic ills that ail the southern and peripheral nations.

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Go back a few years to the advent of the euro and you will find plenty of reports of the imminent demise of the dollar as a reserve currency.

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No one wants to relive 2008, but the euro has to be defended at all costs and you have to keep the countries that are in the euro.

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