• The Euro

  • May 12 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • We talk about how the Euro came to be and the consequences of merging the financial futures of differing nations. We cover: Bretton Woods, the Treaty of Rome, the snake in the tunnel, the Maastricht Treaty, the Euro rollout, and the Eurozone Crisis.

    We're supported by Protocol Labs and Protocol Labs Ventures - funding@protocol.ai. Protocol Labs projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and many more. Their aim is to make human existence orders of magnitude better through technology. 

    Recommended Reading
    EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts by Ashoka Mody
    The Road to Monetary Union by Richard Pomfret
    The Euro and the Battle of Ideas by Markus K. Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre Landau

    Almost Impossible is hosted by Craig Cannon and Tim Hwang. Cola Buskirk helps us research and tell these stories. 

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