Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman and his co-author Amos Tversky, for instance, find that most people will reject a gamble with even odds to win or lose, unless the possible win is at least twice the size of a possible loss.1 So, it seems that people are not only aware of risks, but even try to avoid them more than is strictly necessary.
Its internal stability is evidenced by the fact that inflation has been steadily low from the very start, despite a sequence of negative price shocks (in particular a continuous surge in oil prices). As an international currency, the euro is second only to the US dollar. At the same time, the euro represents a unique experience in history.