The Integration Of Europe Was Very Much

We [at Soros Fund Management] Use Options And More Exotic Derivatives Sparingly. We Try To Catch New Trends Early And In Later Stages We Try To Catch Trend Reversals. Therefore, We Tend To Stabilize Rather Than Destabilize The Market. We Are Not Doing This As A Public Service. It Is Our Style Of Making Money.

We Are Trying To Make The World A Better Place, But That Is Not Necessarily What We Accomplish. Many Of The Problems Which Preoccupy Us Are Basically Insoluble.

The Eurozone Status Quo Is Neither Tolerable Nor Stable. Mainstream Economists Would Call It An Inferior Equilibrium; I Call It A Nightmare - One That Is Inflicting Tremendous Pain And Suffering That Could Be Easily Avoided If The Misconceptions And Taboos That Sustain It Were Dispelled.

Germany Will Always Do The Minimum To Preserve The Euro. Doing The Minimum, Though, Will Perpetuate The Situation Where The Debtor Countries In Europe Have To Pay Tremendous Premiums To Refinance Their Debt. The Result Will Be A Europe In Which Germany Is Seen As An Imperial Power That Will Not Be Loved And Admired By The Rest Of Europe - But Hated And Resisted, Because It Will Perceived As An Oppressive Power.

The Main Obstacle To A Stable And Just World Order Is The United States.