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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819922303321

Titolo

Europe on the brink : debt crisis and dissent in the European periphery / / edited by Tony Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21996-7

1-78360-217-1

1-78360-216-3

1-78360-213-9

1-78360-215-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

330.9

Soggetti

Financial crises - European Union countries

Debts, Public - European Union countries

Economics

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the editor; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: sovereign bonds, burden sharing and the Troika's rescues; 1 The Great Recession, spillover in Europe, banking collapse in Ireland; 2 Crises and contagion: a survey; 3 Countering the myths of the Portuguese debt; 4 Greece: Europe's worst success story; 5 Argentina 2001: a heterodox exit from the crisis; Epilogue; Contributors; Glossary; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A much-needed critical investigation of the root causes of the European sovereign debt crisis, featuring contributions from Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the Argentine chief negotiator with the IMF, Roberto Lavagna.