Surviving the odds

Reflecting on Europe, in particular on the Eurozone with its euro currency, there is no need to stress the major problems that have emerged in recent years. A deep monetary crisis has demonstrated a remarkable difference towards the incorporation of the single currency. That phenomenon has presented itself especially between northern and southern countries of the Eurozone.
Its mechanisms now display, almost day by day, sharp culturral differences that have culminated from its lifespan of the currency of only a decade. These differences do effectively stall further economic developments in the short term of many of the participating countries, as well as presenting continuing problems in the longer term.
Regrettably, these differences are poorly understood, if at all. A better intellectual control of the basic cultural forces at work in the north and in the south  of Europe (these forces show sometimes openly, but are usually hidden) is needed to decide eventually on ways of solving the present and ongoing deadlock situation, which creates a potentially disastrous conflict.
This blog tries to exemplify that age-old cultural differences exist, that on the one hand make up Europe, but on the other hand divide the continent deeply in its proper workings, substantially depleting its intrinsic dynamics.

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