02706nam 2200613 a 450 991046254170332120200520144314.00-85728-553-X0-85728-554-8(CKB)2670000000260807(EBL)952917(OCoLC)813005469(SSID)ssj0000722593(PQKBManifestationID)11441156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722593(PQKBWorkID)10698100(PQKB)11454520(MiAaPQ)EBC3001966(MiAaPQ)EBC952917(Au-PeEL)EBL3001966(CaPaEBR)ebr10718676(OCoLC)895699175(Au-PeEL)EBL952917(EXLCZ)99267000000026080720120719d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEurope's unfinished currency[electronic resource] the political economics of the Euro /Thomas MayerLondon ;New York Anthem Pressc20121 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85728-548-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.A question of war and peace -- No longer a question of war and peace -- A history of failures -- The euro's happy childhood and its abrupt end -- A crisis of legitimacy -- A (hidden) balance-of-payments crisis -- Forward or backward? -- In search of a lender of last resort -- The politics of euro rescue -- Why europe needs the euro -- A new foundation for emu -- Summary and conclusions.The euro was originally seen as another stepping stone to a politically unified Europe. Yet with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the unification of Germany, the need for European political union as a means to ensure peace in Europe disappeared. Due to the fading will for full political union, the euro project lost the prospect of a stable platform in the foreseeable future. As a result, the euro crisis forces policymakers to develop a new architecture for EMU. ?Europe's Unfinished Currency' proposes that this can only be done by way of a cuEuroMoneyEuropean Union countriesEurozoneElectronic books.Euro.MoneyEurozone.332.4/94Mayer Thomas1954-1028176MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462541703321Europe's unfinished currency2444058UNINA