LONDON – The European Monetary Union, as many of its critics maintain, looks a lot like the pre-1913 gold standard, which imposed fixed exchange rates on extremely diverse economies. But is that resemblance as bad as it sounds, or as the euro’s critics insist?
伦敦—在很多批评家眼里，欧洲货币联盟看上去极像1913年之前的金本位——在大相径庭的经济体间维系固定汇率。但这样的相似性真的像批评家们所说的那样坏吗？