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Milton Friedman or your family, which one do you love the most?

In percentage terms, how much of Italy's decline do you think is due to the Euro+ECB, and how much to structural problems? If you were the Italian Prime Minister right now, and couldn't get the Germans to adopt the monetary policies you want, or at least to agree to some forms of fiscal redistribution, would you prefer to go back to the lira in spite of the risk of a bank run, rising interest rates on the national debt, et cetera?

Italian classic liberals are so desperate that they view the EU and the ECB as the ensigns of laissez-faire, and hate their own govt and cb so much that they would rather be ruled from Brussels and Frankfurt. Would you care to gently explain to them how dumb their reasoning is?

Finally, if you were a Brit, would you vote for Remaining in the EU or to Leave in June?

Great, I had no doubt you were going to choose Uncle Milty, and I totally agree with you. :)

I find your stance on the role of monetary policy very interesting. On Brexit, pardon me, but aren't you thinking too much like an American? Shouldn't a British voter be more worried about being ruled by drunkards like Juncker, regulators who have interest in favoring German and French companies over the British ones, and ultimately take away from them the pound sterling, than to adopt a Trump-like stance?

Anyway, thank you for your time. As many others, I'm an avid reader of your blog, and I look forward to reading more from you about Europe.