Managing in a Global Economy - Management
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Managing in a Global Economy  Fall 2021
Comparative Analysis of the BRICS
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Assignments Structure
Structure assignments as follows:
Introduction – What is the question?
Introduction – Why	is it relevant ?
Introduction -	State your conclusion
Discussion	-
Conclusion	-
Identify and discuss the major  issues
State your conclusion +  summarize arguments
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Comparative Analysis of the BRICS
We have studied the BRICS
We have seen that this has been one of the  key concepts
We have seen that	the BRICS are very  different in terms of:
Economic structure
Political organization
Culture
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What do they have in common ?
What are the differences ?
What do the BRICS have in common ?
What are the differences?
Are the BRICS becoming more like each other?
Are the BRICS becoming more different from  each other ?
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What I am looking for
A clear and precise introduction
A discussion:
Major differences
Major similarities
A conclusion:
Two major differences
Two major similarities
MANAGING IN A GLOBAL 
ECONOMY 
FALL 2021 
Lesson 1
Jean Ergas
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RISKY BUSINESS
 Debt restructuring
 Euro-zone bailouts! Who’s next?
 Is the Eurozone crisis over ? 
 Is the best outcome scenario for the Eurozone 
    stagnation ? 
 Central banks diversifying their reserves  - is 
this the end of the US Dollar’s primacy ?  
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EUROPEAN UNION 
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EURO-ZONE
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DOES IT SOUND CONFUSING?
IT IS!
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IN THIS COURSE WE SHALL REVIEW
 Major risks facing companies  - to name a 
few!
 Foreign exchange  
 Interest rate 
 Credit risk 
 Political risk  
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FINANCING STRATEGIES
 We shall review some basic financing 
strategies 
 How can we raise finance ? 
 Short term – long term 
 Secured – unsecured  
 US Dollars – Foreign Currency 
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CHANGING RISKS
 How are the risks facing companies changing? 
 Have the challenges facing companies changed 
with globalization? 
 What are the pluses and minuses of  globalization?
 Has the rise of an IT driven economy removed the size 
    requirement for having a global presence ? 
 Are we starting to see a move away from outsourcing and 
towards on – shoring ? 
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EMERGING MARKETS – YESTERDAY’S   
PAPERS ? 
 Emerging economy currencies plummeting 
 Emerging economy massive:
 Domestic
 Foreign 
 Capital flight 
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EMERGING MARKETS – TIME FOR A 
RE-THINK ? 
 Emerging economies are facing both:
 External  - Shift in monetary policy
 Internal   - Lack of infrastructure  - inflation 
 Challenges 
 Do we need to rethink the role of the 
emerging economies ?
 Is the pendulum moving back to the 
developed nations ? 
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“TOP DOWN” ECONOMY 
 Are we in a “top down “ economy ? 
 Will we need to focus more on government 
policy? 
 Will the central banks and supra-nationals 
save the world again ?
 Will purely commercial considerations count 
    for less ? 
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WHAT INSTRUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE 
TO MANAGE THE RISK
 We shall look at the different instruments to 
manage risk  
 We shall learn their advantages and 
disadvantages 
 We shall above all learn to identify risk 
exposures! 
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TWO LEVELS OF RISK MANAGEMENT  
- TOP DOWN 
 We shall look at a two tiered approach to risk 
management:
 Medium to long term – “top down “ 
 Risk mitigation  - strategic response 
 We change inputs   -   reduce raw material 
price risk 
 We change clients   -  reduce credit risk 
 We change markets  -reduce country risk 
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COMMODITY INDEX
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COPPER PRICE
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TWO LEVELS OF RISK MANAGEMENT  - 
BOTTOM UP 
SHORT TERM  
 We work with the situation “as is”!
 Contracted and projected cash flows 
 Expenses 
 Revenues  
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT
 Why are FDI exposures different from commercial  
exposures ? 
 What measures can companies take to protect 
themselves  from the risks of foreign direct investment 
? 
 What is changing in the directional flows of foreign 
direct investment
 Is trade liberalization deterring or encouraging 
    foreign direct investment ? 
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT
 Financing strategies for multinationals
 Advantages and disadvantages 
 Availability of capital  - depth of capital 
markets  
 Cost of capital  - interest rate differentials  
 Cost of capital  - stricter covenants 
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ALTERNATIVE FINANCING STRATEGIES
 Project finance 
 Buyer finance 
 Seller finance 
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ALTERNATIVE FINANCING STRATEGIES
 These strategies are often  supported by: 
 Government agencies   - Export Credit Agencies 
 Export – Import Bank of the  United States 
 OPIC    - Overseas Private  Investment 
Corporation 
 Supranational institutions 
 World Bank  Group   
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ALTERNATIVE FINANCING STRATEGIES
 How does the relative availability of  ECA 
financing drive off-shoring decisions ?  
 How can companies minimize their costs and 
increase  their capital availability via these 
vehicles ? 
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD 
ECONOMY
 The Global Economy  has  since 1945 gone 
through an Extensive Transformation  
 We can distinguish 3 phases  
1. The domestic economy 
2. The multi-national economy 
3. The global economy 
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THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY 1945-1960
 US companies produce and sell primarily in 
the USA  
 Foreign markets seen primarily as sources for 
raw materials  
 There are two convertible  currencies   
   - The US Dollar and the Swiss Franc  
   - The US Dollar replaces  the pound Sterling 
UK  
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THE WORLD SITUATION
 Large gap between the US economy and 
ROW 
 Europe  recovering from the Second World 
War 
 Large part of the world controlled by 
Communist regimes 
 Large part of the world still controlled by 
colonialist powers  
 Resources are channeled through the 
colonialist  power 
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COMMUNIST WORLD IN 1950
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE GLOBAL 
ECONOMY
 Following extensive aid from the Marshall Plan
 Marshall Plan 1947-1951
 US Dollars 13 Billion – US GDP US Dollars 258 
billion
 By 1951 all recipients had surpassed their pre-
war economic level
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE GLOBAL 
ECONOMY
 German economy  leads the European 
recovery
 Foundation of the European Common Market  
 Six members  - now it is called the European 
Union 
 Inter European trade explodes!
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MARSHALL PLAN
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COMMON MARKET FOUNDING MEMBERS
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE GLOBAL 
ECONOMY
 While Europe re-asserts itself  in 
Asia , Japan becomes the dominant  
economic power focus is on low cost 
production and export   
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THE MULTI-NATIONAL ECONOMY 
1960 – 1980
 Rapid growth of the European domestic  
economies 
 Strong increase in internal consumption  
 US business moves abroad  
 US business  establishes  production sites in 
each market 
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GDP EXPANSION OF EU 1960-1980
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THE MULTI-NATIONAL ECONOMY 
1960 – 1980
 Europeans see themselves under attack by 
US companies 
 Publication in France of the book “The 
American Challenge”
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THE MULTI-NATIONAL ECONOMY 
1960 – 1980
 US goes off the gold standard  1971 
 End of Bretton Woods 
 Move towards floating exchange rates 
 Emergence of a foreign exchange market 
 Currency fluctuations become a major 
concern 
 Founding of the G-6,  later G- 7,  in France 
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GOLD PRICES
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THE MULTI-NATIONAL ECONOMY 
1960 – 1980
 A new player enters the global economy 
  
 The Middle East and the oil exporting nations 
following two sharp oil price increases in the 
1970’s 
 The balance of financial power shifts  
 Oil producers control a growing share of 
currency flows 
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OIL PRICE 1960-1980
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 1980 – 1990
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 Move towards the opening of the Chinese 
economy  
 Rapid development of the Asian economies 
“Tigers”   
 Move towards liberalization “Perestroika” in the 
Soviet Union 
 Fall in the price of crude oil   
 Allows developed economies to gradually emerge 
from recession  
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CHINA GDP 1980-1990
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GDP growth 
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OIL PRICES 1980-1990
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 1980 – 
1990
ACT 1
 First major international currency 
agreements 
 Plaza Agreement  1985  
 Louvre Agreement 1987 
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 1990– 2000
ACT 2
 Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe  
 End of the Soviet Union 
 Founding of the European Union 
 From economic community to political 
organization 
 Creation of the framework and introduction 
of  the Euro  - the single currency 
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EUROPEAN UNION IN 1992
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ORIGINAL EURO-ZONE
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 1990– 2000
ACT 2
 Founding of  NAFTA – North American Free 
Trade Agreement  
 Rise of the BRICS 
 Reforms in Brazil  and India   positioning to 
emerge as major economic powers   
 China growing rapidly – but still 10th 
economic power   
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NAFTA COUNTRIES
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 2000-2010
ACT 3
 Rapid development of the financial markets   
 First speculative collapse  - technology 2000 
 Loose monetary policy  - creation of massive 
bubbles  
 Explosion of BRIC growth 
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 2000-2010
ACT 3
 Financial Collapse 
 Collapse of global trade 
 Extraordinary measures by governments 
acting together 
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THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 2000-2010
ACT 3
 Where are we now ? 
 Crisis in the developed economies 
 Rise of the BRICS 
 Rise of the commodity currencies    
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GLOBAL GDP 2008-2010
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AUSTALIAN DOLLAR VERSUS US 
DOLLAR
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BRAZILIAN REAL VERSUS US DOLLAR
2008-2010
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CONSEQUENCES FOR GLOBAL 
BUSINESSES 
Macro - Increase focus on the government 
role in the economy  
 Sovereign intervention  key 
 Principal support for  several  developed 
economies 
 In major emerging markets -  state ‘s role in 
economy fundamental 
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MACRO – CHANGING STRUCTURE OF  
THE CREDIT SYSTEM   
 Changed structure of the credit system 
 Strong   government support for credit 
institutions 
 Critical in assessment of counterparty risk 
 Have central banks evolved from   being  the 
lenders of last resort to being the takers of  
the last risk?  
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MACRO - INCREASE FOCUS ON THE 
GOVERNMENT ROLE IN THE ECONOMY  
 Dual demand stream in  emerging markets 
 Consumption  - retail consumers  
 Investment  - government  entities 
 Government investment in the emerging 
economies:  
 Fueled  demand for  raw materials   
 And 
 pushed large infrastructure investment. 
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MICRO – RISKS INCREASE   - RISK 
MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL! 
 Companies seek to minimize production 
costs  
 Supply chain grows longer  - production 
segmented in  different countries 
 Quality control issues increase  
 Counterparty risk issues increase 
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DEVELOPMENT OF  INTERNATIONAL 
TRADE  
 Increasing liberalization  
 Reduction of tariff barriers 
 Opening of former socialist economies   
 Increased access to better  transportation 
 Lower costs of communications 
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ADVANTAGES OF  INTERNATIONAL 
TRADE 
 Allows each country to focus on  its specific 
advantage 
 Law of Comparative Advantage 
 Economies of scale = lower production costs  
 Lower production costs + bigger  markets =  
bigger profits 
 Increased international investment flows - + 
capital for economic development 
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 NEW TRADE INITIATIVES ! 
 Sovereign finances massively impacted by 
the crisis 
 Sovereigns are now reducing spending 
 Sovereigns no longer able to stimulate 
economy 
 Sovereigns are now seeking to grow 
economies 
   via:
 Bilateral trade agreements 
 Multi lateral trade agreements 67
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TRADE INITIATIVES COVER THE 
WORLD ? 
 Free trade agreement between the US and the 
EU 
 Free trade agreement between countries both 
sides of the Pacific 
 Free trade agreement – Pacific Alliance:
 Colombia 
 Mexico 
 Chile
 Peru 
 Free trade discussions for Africa – from Cairo to 
Cape Town ! 
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK  
 Effect  of FX risk on company profits can be 
substantial 
 If currency  fluctuations cannot be offset by 
price increases ! 
 Volatility of foreign exchange rates – can 
make planning difficult!  
 What factors might allow an exporter to raise 
prices to offset a devaluation of the currency 
of the sale? 
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COUNTRY  RISK 
 Insolvency  of government entity 
 Who is your trade counterparty 
 Transfer risk – counterpart cannot remit 
payment  
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CEN – DIRECT INVESTMENT  
 Confiscation 
 Expropriation 
 Nationalization 
 Strategic Risk 
 Subsidization of local competitors 
 Import tariffs or restrictions  
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THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 
SYSTEM 
THE GOLD STANDARD 
 Gold standard basis for international financial 
system in the 19th and 20th centuries  
 Rise of gold standard closely linked to 
expansion of international trade in the 19th 
century 
 Progressive adoption by the major economies 
of the gold standard  prior to World War 1 
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THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 
SYSTEM  
THE GOLD STANDARD 
 The gold standard underwent numerous modifications 
 Use of gold coins  as medium of exchange  - gold species 
 100 % gold backing of currency with gold  and guarantee of 
convertibility by each central bank   -
 Convertibility of US Dollar into gold – other currencies pegged to the US 
Dollar = de –facto convertibility   
 This was the system designed in 1944 – Bretton Woods  
 This lasted until  1971 with conversion into gold 
 Smithsonian agreements December  1971 last attempt at reestablishing 
fixed parities to US Dollar of major currencies 
 This agreements collapsed rapidly !  
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THE GOLD STANDARD 
 Key arguments  for the gold standard   
 Governments are limited to the amount of 
money 
that they can issue  
 Governments cannot print their way out of 
debt!  
What would have happened if in 2008 
we had been on the Gold standard ? 
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TRADE IMBALANCES BETWEEN 
COUNTRIES ARE SETTLED BY 
TRANSFERS OF GOLD 
 Deficit country ships gold to surplus country  
 Less gold = less money = lower internal price level  
 Lower price level = deficit country products cheaper 
 Products cheaper = + exports 
 But import prices higher due to lower wages   
 Consumers in deficit countries buy  local products 
 Cheaper export products +  buy local = deficit closes 
    
    What are the parallels to today’s situation – China vs. 
US ? 
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THE GOLD STANDARD  COLLAPSES! 
 However this did not always work!
 See in this instance the Great Depression 
 Much discussion about its causes!  
 Stock market speculation 
 Shrinking of the money supply  
 US tariff increases 
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THE GOLD STANDARD  COLLAPSES! 
 However, many countries abandoned  the Gold Standard 
to  reflate their economies  - notably the UK in 1931 
 US in 1933 / 1934 modifies currency relationship to gold 
– dollar is devalued   
 The interwar years were the years of  “beggar thy 
neighbor”
 These were the grim years of  competitive devaluations  
What parallels with today’s currency wars  
following the Great Recession? 
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THE GOLD STANDARD  COLLAPSES! 
 The grim experience of the inter – war period 
 
 Competitive devaluations   seen prolonging 
the Great Depression  and  hastening the 
outbreak of The Second World War 
 Led to decision to enhance economic 
cooperation 
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BRETTON WOODS AND FOUNDATION 
OF THE IMF 
 In 1944 Bretton Woods agreements 
 Bretton Woods - avoid use of  competitive devaluations 
  
 
 Founding of the IMF  in 1945 
 IMF founded to administer Bretton Woods system  
 IMF also empowered to provide finance to member 
countries to cover deficits and emergency balance of 
payments financing  
 For example, during the oil shocks 
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BRETTON WOODS AND FOUNDATION 
OF THE IMF 
 Bretton Woods agreements start to weaken in the early 
1960’s  
 Rise of US deficits 
 Loss of confidence in the US Dollar 
 + sale of US Dollars for gold 
 Pressure on US  to maintain FX rate 
 US ends convertibility into gold in 1968 
 US ends  fixed exchange rates in 1971  
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FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES 
 World moves towards floating exchange rates 
 European nations form ERM – Exchange Rate Mechanism  
 European nations form EMS – “the snake” European 
Monetary System 
 European currencies linked to each other  within 
fluctuation bands 
 US Dollar floats vs. European currencies  
 Foreign exchange market booms! 
 Foreign exchange volatility very high! 
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THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 
SYSTEM 
 US Dollar rises dramatically in the early 1980’s US fiscal  
deficit + 
 Needs foreign financing US sells bonds 
 = + demand for US Dollars 
 This  leads to Plaza Agreements in  1985 
 
 = concerted action by 5 governments 
 = reduction in US Dollar value 
 = boost to US economy in recession 
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THE LOUVRE AGREEMENTS 1987 
 Aim of the Louvre Agreements  was to stop 
collapse in the 
 US Dollar  - which created difficulties for non 
US exporters 
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COLLAPSE OF THE EMS 
 EMS collapses in 1992 
 German reunification 
 Germany needs to attract capital 
 Germany raises interest rates 
 Weaker European economies under pressure to maintain their 
parities within EMS 
 Pressure greatest on Italy and UK 
 UK currency object of massive speculation! 
 UK and Italy exit! 
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COLLAPSE OF THE EMS AND BIRTH OF 
EURO PROJECT 
 From the ashes of the EMS rises the Euro 
 European Common Currency in Maastricht 
Agreeement 
 Maastricht agreement  cornerstone for 
transformation of European  Common Market 
from economic to political entity 
 Europe would speak both politically and 
financially with one voice!
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COLLAPSE OF THE EMS AND BIRTH OF 
EURO PROJECT
 There was fierce competition among the EU 
countries to qualify for the Euro!
 Strict criteria to accede to the Euro  
 GDP/Debt – Deficit/GDP but these were 
waived!
 Euro was above all a political priority!
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THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL 
SYSTEM 
 Euro – no thanks ! 
 Some countries did not join 
 Most notably – the United Kingdom, Sweden and Danmark
  
 UK did not join for fear of loss of sovereignty 
 Also  concern that Sterling value would suffer  with inclusion 
of traditionally high debt and high inflation currencies – 
“Club Med” ! 
 Lack of fiscal discipline seen as a major concern 
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DO YOU THINK THAT THE UK WAS 
RIGHT ? 
 UK deficit exceeded 12  %  in 2010 
 UK now facing a drastic austerity program 
 Sterling era is over – UK no longer has the 
power to print a reserve currency 
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COLLAPSE OF THE EMS AND 
BIRTH OF EURO PROJECT 
 Can the single currency work  ? 
 Will the Euro survive – arguments for and 
against ?  
 Euro zone countries are now managing their 
economies within a fixed exchange rate 
system 
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COLLAPSE OF THE EMS AND BIRTH 
OF EURO PROJECT 
 You cannot devalue your way out of a  crisis 
 This is what Italy and France did …
				    	
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        	3 The first thing I would do in the family’s first session is develop a genogram of the family to get an idea of all the individuals who play a major role in Linda’s life. After establishing where each member is in relation to the family
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