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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778603203321

Autore

Rosa Jean Jacques

Titolo

Euro error [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Jacques Rosa ; translated under the direction of Andrea Lyn Secara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c1999

ISBN

1-280-34639-6

9786610346394

1-892941-14-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

332.4/94

Soggetti

Monetary policy - European Union countries

European currency unit

Euro

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Introduction; The Dilemma: Prosperity or the Single State, a Choice Must Be Made; I DEAD END; WRONG WAY; THE RETURN OF MASS UNEMPLOYMENT; A DIFFUSE DISASTER; CAUSES THAT ARE KNOWN, BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGED; LOOKING FOR LOST GROWTH; DOCTRINAL ROADBLOCKS; CONCLUSION; II THE SINGLE CURRENCY VERSUS THE ECONOMY; THE COST OF THE DEUTSCHE-MARK STANDARD; SINGLE MARKET, MULTIPLE CURRENCIES; THE EURO IS NOT VIABLE; III THE FALLACY OF THE VERY GREAT STATE; TOWARD THE SINGLE STATE; THE COST OF SIZE; INSTITUTIONAL ATOMIZATION; ILLUSORY ADVANTAGES; A STIFLING SUPERSTRUCTURE; CONCLUSION

IV SO, HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS?THE TRAP OF FISCAL CONSERVATISM; GOOD MONETARY POLICY; TAX AND SOCIAL REFORM; CONCLUSION; CONCLUSIONS - The Democratic Solution; NOTES

Sommario/riassunto

Urging against adopting the Euro, a French economist articulates the disadvantages of a unified monetary system and suggests that the United States is more likely to split up than Europe is to achieve a lasting union.