LEADER 03885oam 2200637I 450 001 9910815400803321 005 20240131154308.0 010 $a1-136-19334-0 010 $a0-203-08470-5 010 $a1-283-84313-7 010 $a1-136-19335-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203084700 035 $a(CKB)2670000000298922 035 $a(EBL)1075187 035 $a(OCoLC)819380226 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000801867 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11957564 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801867 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10795579 035 $a(PQKB)10764785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1075187 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1075187 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10630834 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415563 035 $a(OCoLC)819854926 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134744 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000298922 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEurope in crisis $ebolt from the blue? /$fIvan T. Berend 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-63724-4 311 $a0-415-63722-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of tables; Preface; Introduction: "Unprecedented freedom from cyclical instability"; 1 Variations on a theme: Iceland, Greece, and Ireland's road toward the crisis; Variation no. 1: Iceland; Variation no. 2: Greece; Variation no. 3: Ireland; 2 The fall-of 2008: from the financial crisis to the crisis of the euro; The exploding financial crisis; Portugal; Italy; Spain; Do the "transition" Eastern peripheries have a special crisis?; Hungary and Latvia: lost in transition?; The all-European crisis; The decline of the real economy; The crisis of the euro 327 $a3 The economic causes: contemporary European capitalism: The financialized, deregulated market system in the globalized world economy and partially integrated EuropeThe financialized capitalist system; Financialization and globalization; The deregulated market system; The structural tribulations of the European Union and the euro-zone; The "original sin" of the euro's construction; 4 The social causes: living beyond our means; The new dream: consumption; A new social setting for consumer society; Consumerism; Consumer infrastructure and stimulus; Credit consumerism 327 $aWill "Social Europe" be rebuilt?5 Which way Europe? Managing the economic crisis and the way out; Crisis management: stimulus packages and bailouts; Crisis management: austerity measures; The return to a regulated market system; Structural-institutional changes in the European Union; Future alternatives for the European Union and the euro-zone; Notes; Index 330 $aThis book analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots, and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a way out of it. It contains explicit debates with several economists and analysts on some of the most controversial questions about the causes of the crisis and the policies applied by the European Union.It presents the cases of Iceland, Greece and Ireland, the countries that first declined into crisis in Europe, each of them in a different way. Iceland is a case study for reckless banking practices, Greece of 606 $aRecessions$zEurope$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aEurope$xEconomic policy 615 0$aRecessions$xHistory 676 $a330.94 700 $aBerend$b T. Ivan$g(Tibor Ivan),$f1930-,$0374956 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815400803321 996 $aEurope in crisis$93920285 997 $aUNINA