"Weg met die sleetse excuses" door Arjo Klamer, NRC Handelsblad, 27 August 2010.

"De 'gewone man' komt in opstand tegen kunstsubsidie. De kunstsector moet nu écht creatief worden." —Arjo Klamer

Friday, 17th - Saturday, 18th of September, 2010: Arjo Klamer is a speaker at 'Economics of the visual arts: International symposium on cultural economics in Ljubljana'.

Contact: Andrej Srakar.
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Interview in het Friesch Dagblad, 22 mei 2010:
"Arjo Klamer: Een econoom vol met idealen"

door Jurgen Tiekstra
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RNW (Radio Netherlands Worldwide): How to solve the dilemma of big money? (11 May 2010, Marina Brouwer.) Excerpts:

A much-repeated criticism was that the commission itself lacked the required expertise ... That is not so strange, says economist Arjo Klamer. For 30 years he has seen how his best students with the most talent have gone to work in the financial sector:

"And the less talented, the ones who go to work for government, can't keep up with them. ... "

You cannot solve the dilemma of big money having such a head start at national level. If you do, the bankers under attack will very quickly head out of the country. Klamer:

"It indicates how far out of proportion the financial world is: it's much too powerful and - you can see this in the fuss about the euro - the governments are dancing to the tune of the financial world and not vice versa."
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"De euro? Een ideologie!", Arjo Klamer in de Volkskrant opinie, 7 May 2010. [Original link »]

VIDEO: Euroscepticus Klamer: 10 wijze lessen uit falen euro, RTLZ television, 7 mei 2010.
Hoogleraar Arjo Klamer zag van meet af aan niets in de invoering van de euro. Nu, tien jaar na de invoering, zijn er volgens hem 10 wijze lessen te leren.
Klamer's broadcast on the euro will also be on KRO programma of Jord Kelder, Monday, 10 mei 2010

Older articles on the euro crisis (euro deceit?)

De zeppelin destijds was gevuld
met brandbaar helium,
En er was slechts een roer aan boord..
De Euro-ballon is gevuld met lucht,
En er zijn 27 roergangers aan boord...

'De euro is ten dode opgeschreven'

Klamer is in de Tafelgesprekken, 3 march 2010:
Hij beseft dat hij klinkt als een ketter in een kerk. Maar volgens de Nederlandse cultuureconoom Arjo Klamer is de euro geen lang leven meer beschoren. 'Andere economen kijken mij meewarig aan. Toch blijf ik erbij. Zelfs met een gemeenschappelijk Europees begrotingsbeleid kan de euro niet standhouden. Vroeg of laat botst de eurozone op de onderliggende culturele verschillen. En toch moet je in de euro geloven. Dat is de mantra waarvan je niet mag afwijken.'

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Excerpt from the Oman Tribune, 25 February 2010, Marcel Van Silfhout:

"In our TV report in 2005 we had interviewed Szász [the director of the Dutch Central Bank] and other monetary specialists and professors of economics. The real euro-deceit, they had forecast, is still to come. At last these critics are now being heard."

Read entire article, "Why the euro is on a slide".

[excerpts from] Speculation on the Demise of the Euro
NRC Handelsblad International, 16 feb 2010

"Self-proclaimed eurosceptic Arjo Klamer, a professor of cultural economy at Rotterdam's Erasmus University [says] 'Unless the rules of the game are changed, the euro will be quickly done for'.

"[Klamer was] part of a group of 70 Dutch economists who published an open letter in 1997 opposing the Economic and Monetary Union, the predecessor of the eurozone.





"They argued that a monetary union like the euro could only be successful if it was backed by a strong political union. Without it, the euro would be doomed. The economists were heckled as Cassandras at the time, but now that the euro is in hot water, their dire warnings ring true.

"[Klamer] 'We should get rid of the euro entirely. This would lead to unrest in the financial market, but it would allow the smaller member states to adopt their own social policies again.' "

Go to full article in NRC » » (image: NRC)

Article also appears in Cempaka Belanda, 16 February 2010.

EURO SPEAK februari 2010

Klamer interview on RTL Z: 'Of onze soevereiniteit óf de euro opgeven', 10 februari 2010.
"Een muntunie kan niet zonder een politieke unie en zonder een politieke unie is de euro geen lang leven beschoren." Dat zegt econoom Arjo Klamer in gesprek met RTL Z."
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en ... REMEMBER WHEN? Arjo Klamer: De eurozone zal uiteenvallen (YouTube, 2005)-- "Moet de euro blijvin?"

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