A Short History of the Euro (HOM 38)
[Originally recorded and posted on YT in Dec. 2020]
History of Money, Lecture 38: a survey of the history of the Euro -- the currency of the Eurozone within the European Union. Includes mention of the Treaty of Rome (1957), the European Economic Community, the European Currency Unit (ECU), the Maastricht Treaty (1992), the European debt crisis, the European troika (European Commission, IMF, and European Central Bank / ECB) and the Greek bailout. Concludes with a few words about the Brexit referendum, euroscepticism, and the democratic deficit within the EU.
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - The Eurozone
5:03 - Treaty of Rome and the EEC
7:57 - European Currency Unit
12:42 - Maastricht Treaty
15:48 - The Birth of the Euro
22:58 - European Debt Crisis
38:25 - Value of the Euro
40:12 - Brexit and Euroscepticism
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