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Colonist. This week we look back on 20 years of the euro.

The Anglo-Saxon media were extremely skeptical that we could manage this transition from

11 national currencies to a new one.

We ask, have we reached Peak Smartphone?

And what does this mean for the big manufacturers?

And one research firm has conquered the numbers and decided that in the 10... the big

and the firm has conch the numbers and decided that in the 10 biggest market sales are falling in seven of them.

And I speak to Bruce Stasley, author of the joy of work about ways to make work more joyful.

If you turn off your notifications on your phone,

it doesn't make you immediately abandon your sense of responsibility,

but it gives you a bit of breathing space to elect when to check emails rather than

to feel like they're being pressed on you all the time.

But first on the 1st of January 1999 11 countries in the EU fixed their exchange

rates and adopted a shared monetary policy under the European Central Bank with the common currency the euro.

To reflect on the anniversary and look to the next 20 years here is Ratchena Shambeogue.

The birth of the

birth of the euro 20 years ago was divisive. Its supporters saw it as the

pinnacle of 50 years of political and economic cooperation in Europe. Its critics thought currency union would

shackle together economies that were too disparate and that it would be doomed to

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