Martin Feldstein, the renowned Harvard economist, once predicted that the euro could lead to renewed conflict in Europe, raising the risk of US intervention to prevent “more serious confrontations”. His article in Foreign Affairs, published a year before the launch of the single currency in 1999, triggered a furore in Europe where officials indignantly rejected the idea of a third world war on the continent.
哈佛大學(xué)(Harvard University)著名經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家馬丁?費(fèi)爾德斯坦(Martin Feldstein)曾預(yù)測(cè),歐元可能在歐洲引發(fā)新的沖突,引發(fā)美國(guó)出手干預(yù)以阻止“更嚴(yán)重對(duì)抗”的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。這篇文章發(fā)表在1999年的《外交事務(wù)》(Foreign Affairs)上,正值歐元推出一年之前。此文在歐洲引起一片嘩然,官員們憤怒地駁斥歐洲將爆發(fā)第三次世界大戰(zhàn)的想法。