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(20 points) Why were bailouts alone insufficient? Can the Eurozone Survive? Between late 2009 and early 2013, separate fiscal and debt crisis in several member states of the Eurozone, the common currency area composed of European Union (EU) members that had replaced their national currencies (e

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(20 points) Why were bailouts alone insufficient?

Can the Eurozone Survive?

Between late 2009 and early 2013, separate fiscal and debt crisis in several member states of the Eurozone, the common currency area composed of European Union (EU) members that had replaced their national currencies (e.g., the German Deutschmark and the Italian Lira) with the Euro, jeopardized the viability of this unique economic system and pushed the common currency to the brink of collapse. During this four-year timeframe, political and economic leaders from across the Eurozone struggled to come together on collective, effective solutions to sovereign debt crises in Cyprus, Greece, and Ireland that threatened to spread to Italy and Spain. As politicians debated how to shore up these national economies, The ECB intervened to stave off a potential crisis in the broader European financial system by ensuring that the European banks caught in the middle of these crises did not fail, and by reassuring the markets that it would act as a backstop to prevent any such failures.