The Story of the Euro: past, present and future
Speaker(s): Karl Otto Pöhl
Chair: Charles Goodhart
Recorded on 26 February 2009 in Old Theatre, Old Building.
How has the euro performed over its first ten years, and how will it cope with the strains caused by the current financial and economic crisis? Karl Otto Pvhl was president of the German Bundesbank from 1980-91, and played a leading role in the preparation of the European single currency.