SJS4 - Which Way Out?
Citation: Muller, Jan-Werner. "Which Way Out?" Current History (2015):
118-19. Print.
Author Credentials: Jan-Werner Muller is a professor of foreign
affairs and politics at Princeton University. He focuses many of his
studies on the Eurozone, and the problems with it in which he
discusses to breath length on this SJS. He studied at Oxford
University, Berlin University, and Antony's College. He has written
many strictly non-fiction books and articles of world problems and
epidemics. I believe from this information he is more than qualified
to be credited as a credible author. From his article in the scholarly
journal one can tell that he is for sure unbiased as he uses views
from two authors with completely opposite views and does not choose
one over the other.
Summary: "Which Way Out?" deals with trying to find out a way to get
out of the Eurozone debt crisis. The majority of the article explains
first whether or not there is a way out, and then presents two
different ideas on how to escape the debt. The first idea was to
completely get rid of the Eurozone system entirely. Which was
supported by some and not by others. One of the people who did not
support that idea said that to completely erase the Eurozone the
present day is unrealistic. However he did agree that we should tone
it back a bit and make it less dominant and important in the European
economies.
Analysis: I believed the author makes a strong and valid argument
within this article. He is not biased to one side and presents both
sides of the argument equally. He uses a sufficient amount of evidence
from other historians and economists to help distinguish facts from
opinions which he does very well. I would state that this author is
reliable and can be considered a credible source.
The Economist is a weekly news magazine, not a scholarly journal.
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