The Eurozone Crisis: Escaping the ‘Doom Loop’

This paper reports on a ‘round table’ panel discussion that that took place at the 29th International Symposium on Money, Banking and Finance, at the University of Nantes, 28–29 June 2012. The conference was organised by the European Research Group GdRE (Groupement de Recherche Européen) on Money, Banking and Finance which is part of the CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientific) in France. As part of the conference, the United Kingdom (UK) ESRC (European and Social Research Council) and Bank of England-sponsored MMFRG (Money, Macro, Finance Research Group) organised a ‘round table’ panel discussion on 28 June (17:00–18:30) entitled: ‘Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Future of the Eurozone’. It has now become a tradition for the MMFRG to organise an event at the GdRE’s annual international conference, and vice versa.