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Assignment 2, “The Euro Almighty”
My proposed thesis is still refining, I plan on still discovering and researching if the Euro currency can hold the multi country European Union together. I have narrowed the focus slightly; I will be asking and researching the simple questions of the following:
· Is a single currency enough to hold the European Union together?
In researching this question I have come across many interesting details pertaining to the geopolitical, military, monetary, and foreign policy. I will discuss all those aspects in the attempt to answer the above question.
3 comments:
Jared,
this second post is a nice step to a more focused question.
I wonder if you might, at this point, ask a slightly different question:
What effect does the single currency have on the countries of the EU and on the EU as a whole?
That gives you a little broader base to start your research with. It's too broad a question, obviously, but as you collect material/studies/articles/ analyses you'll find some subset of those documents that will catch your interest.
Jared,
I agree with Scott's suggestion that you ask a slightly different question. One alternative way to phrase it would be to ask what _would_ be enough to hold the EU together? Or, to begin by surveying history for other common currencies shared across national borders. It's going to be a challenge to argue that the Euro is or is not enough to hold the EU together if we're not sure the EU won't hold together just fine anyway and/or there are no historical parallels for comparison. I think the history of currencies is a valuable research area for your interests and your career, incidentally.
Jared,
something worth pondering if you are focusing in on the currency as a unifying trait of the union: How are those EU-nations without the Euro affected by it? Both Sweden and the UK do not have the Euro. I think there is some other country as well. It is hard to avoid at least acknowledging that.
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