Should Europe Emulate the US?
In 2008, many Europeans lambasted the US for being at the root of the financial turmoil, and hailed the euro for protecting the continent from it. Unfortunately for Europe’s boosters, the facts are unambiguous: US per capita GDP is expected to return to its 2007 level next year, while remaining 3% below that level in the eurozone.
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BRUSSELS – Paul Krugman, the Princeton University economist and blogger, recently summarized diverging transatlantic trends as follows: “Better here, worse there.” It is a shocking observation: as recently as in 2009, European politicians and commentators lambasted the US for being at the root of the financial turmoil and hailed the euro for protecting the continent from it.