¿Desde cuando las soluciones mas complicadas e inalcanzables son las mejores?pero él dice que tiene más esperanza que otras veces.
¿No seria mejor centrarse en el problema inmediato, que es simplemente que estamos a punto de hundirnos? No creo que iniciar ahora negociaciones para emprender un proceso laborioso de Unión Total pare la sangría. Mejor poner los bueyes delante de la carreta: vamos a intervenir los bancos de España que se están desangrando, y podrían arrastrar al resto, en nombre de una futuro recojounión, pero los bueyes primero. El mismo Munchau reconoce que
So, a proper banking union is a very big deal indeed. It would be the biggest component of any future fiscal union. But I am not sure that everybody is on the same wavelength. As ever, one should never underestimate the willingness of European politicians to attempt a fudge if they cannot reach a compromise, and pass it off as a historic agreement. To say otherwise would be a triumph of hope over experience.
Mientras, estamos en depresión y en pánico creciente, como en los años 30, como dice si colega del FT Martin Wolf,
Before now, I had never really understood how the 1930s could happen. Now I do. All one needs are fragile economies, a rigid monetary regime, intense debate over what must be done, widespread belief that suffering is good, myopic politicians, an inability to co-operate and failure to stay ahead of events. Perhaps the panic will vanish. But investors who are buying bonds at current rates are indicating a deep aversion to the downside risks. Policy makers must eliminate this panic, not stoke it.
In the eurozone, they are failing to do so. If those with good credit refuse to support those under pressure, when the latter cannot save themselves, the system will surely perish. Nobody knows what damage this would do to the world economy. But who wants to find out?
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