Europe's unfinished currency [[electronic resource] ] : the political economics of the Euro / / Thomas Mayer

• Autore: Mayer Thomas <1954->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Anthem Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.4/94
• Soggetto topico: Euro; Money - European Union countries; Eurozone
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 cu
• Titolo autorizzato: Europe's unfinished currency
• ISBN: 0-85728-553-X; 0-85728-554-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462541703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II