Why Europe will be stronger without America

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Advertising sponsor: Get access to global coverage at an exclusive 20% discount at https://economist.com/moneymacro Further reading mentioned in the video: America’s bullied allies need to toughen up: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/03/13/americas-bullied-allies-need-to-toughen-up?itm_source=parsely-api Is Putin ready to accept a truce with Ukraine? https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/03/11/is-putin-ready-to-accept-a-truce-with-ukraine Ukraine’s embrace of drone warfare has paid off: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/03/12/ukraines-embrace-of-drone-warfare-has-paid-off If you appreciate the research, consider buying me a 'coffee' at https://ko-fi.com/moneymacro or supporting long-term for membership benefits via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/moneymacro WANT AN IN-DEPTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY MASTERCLASS? △ https://school.moneymacro.net/p/industrial-policy-masterclass LIKE CHATTING ECON WITH ME? △ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joerischasfoort △ Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeri-schasfoort/ △ I have a private Discord server for Senior and Chief economist Patrons / members. SOURCES: I've linked my sources in the blog that goes along with this video. Links are in the text. https://www.moneymacro.rocks/2025-03-26-europe-stronger/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:16 Macroeconomics 101 03:15 War economy trilemma 08:41 Why does Europe need a military threat 13:21 Discussion + conclusion 16:11 Sponsor Attribution: Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Stock footage and others clips by Getty Narrated and produced by Dr. Joeri Schasfoort