“A critical feature of the EU(European Union) in general and EMU in particular is that there is no legitimate way for a member to withdraw… The American experience with the secession of the South may contain some lessons about the danger of a treaty or constitution that has no exits.”

— Martin Feldstein

"EMU and international conflict", 1997

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American economist 1939–2019

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